most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
how many people; a number of people
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
every year; yearly; annually
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
duty; obligation; responsibility
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
proponent; exponent; advocate
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
use; utility; profit; gain
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
incident; affair; happening; event
for example; for instance; e.g.
beginning (of a century, etc.)
food crisis; food-supply crisis