to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
commerce; trade; business
convention center; convention centre
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
professional negligence resulting in injury or death
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
construction costs; installation cost
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
large number (of); many; majority
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
construction; establishment
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
nonprosecution; nonindictment
job-related; in the course of one's work
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
meaning; significance; sense