opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
due form; official; formality
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
next term; next period; next version; next release
declaration; proclamation; announcement
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
your company; your shrine
transactions; dealings; business
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
foreign; abroad; overseas
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
branch office; branch store
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on