be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
clause; article; stipulations
keyman; key person (e.g. of a company)
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to make sense; to be meaningful
high grade; special grade; classy
to accept; to receive; to agree
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
transactions; dealings; business
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
Leigh (Britain); Ri; Li; Lie
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
transfer; assignment; conveyance
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
form; shape; figure; visage
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
negotiations; discussions; connection
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
mass communication; mass media
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
knowing; (an) acquaintance
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to be in danger of; to be liable to
munitions industry; war industry
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI
to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef; to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties