measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
the dark side; the seamy side
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
leading product; flagship product; top product
source (of supply); channel
interest; rights; concession
smuggling (during the Edo period); contraband
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
power balance; balance of power
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
time required; time taken; necessary time
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
sampling food; tasting; trying
to distribute; to portion out; to deal out; to separate (out); to pick out
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every