research establishment; research institute; laboratory
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
in name only; titular; nominal
future (usually near); prospects
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
same; similar; (just) like; equal
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
serious; not joking; straight
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
corporate drone; corporate slave
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
duty; obligation; responsibility
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
place; room; margin; scope
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
establishment; settlement