opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
twice; again; second time
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to be needed; to be wanted
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
construction; establishment
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to entrust; to leave to a person
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
founder; originator; pioneer
(social) position; status
to apologize; to apologise