negotiations; discussions; connection
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
foreign; abroad; overseas
supply; provision; raising; procurement
difficult to ...; hard to ...
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
establishment (of a business); founding
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
ultra-precision machining; ultra-precision cutting
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
decrease; reduction; decline
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
quality (of a product or a service)
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
programme; program; plans; arrangements
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
so; like this; in this way
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)