increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to play a central role; to take a leading part
factory; plant; mill; workshop
middle point; median point; middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
elevation; height above sea level
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
storehouse; warehouse; godown
machine; mechanism; gadget
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
machinery; gadgetry; equipment
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
periodic; regular; routine
departure; leaving; going away; recession
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
order's up; one order ready; coming up; problem solved; one down; all done
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever