weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
they; those guys; those fellows
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
mining; digging; working (a mine)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
made in Japan; Japanese-made
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
import; importation; introduction; afferent
diffusion rate; rate of spread
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
consumption; expenditure; spending
production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
ice skating rink; ice rink
national expenditure; government spending; public funds
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
two dimensions; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn; two-dimensional
creation; Creation (by God)
political measures; policy
A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.
snow country; snowy region
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
having not the slightest idea
brand loyalty; brand-orientation; brand consciousness; infatuation with big-name brands