pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
way (of doing); manner; method; means
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
for example; for instance; e.g.
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
medical treatment at one's own expense; treatment not covered by health insurance
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
foreign; abroad; overseas
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
importing goods privately; private importing
money-making; earning money
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
inheritance; something given or received