excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
business conditions; business category; line of business
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
shipping company; freight company; transport company
encouragement; urging; spurring on
resignation; stepping down; retirement; retreat; decamping; withdrawal
Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
cram school; private tutoring school
District Public Prosecutor's Office
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
branch office; agency; sub-branch
joint together; opposite; facing
bond; bill; certificate; security
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
bright sunshine; broad daylight
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant