service industry; service sector
correlation; interrelation
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
to pierce through; to break through
to palm off; to force a sale
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
sense of being victimized; aggrieved feelings; victim mentality; victim's mind
to be biased; to have a bias
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
full view; plain sight; completely visible
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
trial product; prototype model
high rating; good reputation
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
matter of time; question of time
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
touch; touching; being involved in; touch (of a painter, pianist, etc.); style (of writing, drawing, etc.); tag
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
old model (of an appliance, device, etc.); becoming outdated (due to the release of a new model); drop (type of metal casting defect)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
superiority; predominance
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put to sleep
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension