establishment; settlement
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
labor pains; birth pangs; throes of creation; toil of producing something new
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
forces of reaction; forces of resistance; opposition forces; opposition elements; resistance force
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
increase in production; production increase
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
production output; number of goods manufactured
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
consumption; expenditure; spending
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
to take (someone) to task; to tell off severely; to give a good talking-to; to scold
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
purchasers; customer base; market (for a product)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)