highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
weekly pictorial magazine
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
rather; better; instead; if anything
medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
to increase; to add to; to augment
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
thousands; several thousand
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
work; business; company; study
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
adjustment of production; production adjustment
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
after a long time; for the first time in a while
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness