barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
sweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste
traffic restrictions; traffic control
separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume
and various other things; and many other things; and more; and what not; and all that
suffix for familiar person; indicates emphasis; (arch.) prostitute
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
sweet flavour; sweet flavor; flattery; stupidity
second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
road approaching a shrine
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
speaking voice; talking voice
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda