starting a business; promotion of enterprise
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
to tear off; to strip; to rob
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
un-; non-; negative prefix
change; transition; vicissitudes
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
to be tired of looking at
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
good prospects; full of hope; promising
Europe and America; the West
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
what's what; heads or tails
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
superb view; picturesque scenery
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western