nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
looking depressed; long face
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
amount of money; sum of money
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
now that you say that; now that you mention it
theatre; theater; playhouse
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
loading; charging; filling
one's best interests; one's own good
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
ability; capability; skill
inexpert or untrained eyes
extreme sadist; very sadistic
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to bring; to take; to bring about
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
favorable influence; favourable influence
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu