quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
now; the present time; just now; another; more
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
close; intimate; on good terms
family; members of a family
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
electronization; digitization; computerization
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
business magazine; financial magazine; economic magazine