you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
foreign company; overseas enterprise; overseas firm
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
foreign; abroad; overseas
binge shopping; shopping spree
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension