et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
postwar period; period after Second World War
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
knowing; (an) acquaintance
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
serious; severe; grave; acute
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
operating officer; company executive
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
opinion; intention; thought
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
materials; data; document
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red