main road; main thoroughfare
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
northern part; the north (of a region)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
light used for brightly lighting up a plaza, building, etc.
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
stairs; stairway; staircase
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
generation; the world; the age
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
business discussion; negotiation
businessman; industrialist
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to throw into; to toss into
industrial spy; industrial espionage
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
automatic; intransitive verb
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt
optical fiber; optical fibre
installation (esp. software)
to hand over; to surrender
victim; injured party; sufferer
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important