cooperation; collaboration; help; support
hindrance; obstacle; harm (to one's health); bad effect; menstruation; period
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
coastal region; coastal area; coastline
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
foreign; abroad; overseas
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
alienation; estrangement; leaving (someone) out; casting out; cutting off; avoiding
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
company name; name of a company
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
handcart; wheelbarrow; baby walker
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
finely chiseled (features)