pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
profit motive; (with) the intention to profit; profit-making intention; for profit
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens
to blow off; to be blown off
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
when it becomes; when it comes to
instability; insecurity; crankiness
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
to be able to manage somehow or another
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
restoration; repair; mending
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
sharp increase; sudden rise
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one