counselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance; admonishment; scolding; exhortation
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
no!; no no!; no, not at all
cooperation; collaboration
The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI
frontier (esp. the American frontier); frontier (of a field); forefront (of science, technology)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to be erected; to be built
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
considerably; fairly; quite
amount of money; sum of money
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
together; at the same time; same; identical
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion