is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to fall ill; to be taken ill
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
to become better; to improve
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
rational; reasonable; logical
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to find out; to discover; to locate
lookup function; search function
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
Matsushita Kounosuke (1894.11.27-1989.4.27)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
price increase; rise in price
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
coincident with; while; simultaneously
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to detain; to check; to restrain
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
Japanese person; Japanese people
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
mission; delegation; transmission
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
one-by-one; separately; in detail
producer; grower; maker; manufacturer