to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
(newspaper's) financial columns
article; news story; report; account
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
entry into port; arriving in harbor
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
serious; severe; grave; acute
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
matter of time; question of time
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
automatic teller machine; ATM; asynchronous transfer mode; ATM; anti-tank missile; ATM
sea of fire; sea of flame
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to glare at each other; to confront each other
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to weaken (of willpower, solidarity, etc.); to lose one's edge; to become less tense; to become lax (of discipline, rules, etc.)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
New Territories (Hong Kong); Neogaean realm (terrestrial division in zoogeography)
southern part; the south (of a region)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
prohibition; inhibition; ban
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance