conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
chain store; retail chain; restaurant chain
increase in population; population growth
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
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)
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
quality (of a product or a service)
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
retail store; retail shop
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)
transactions; dealings; business
price increase; rise in price; wage increase
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
burlesque; low comedy; farce
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
countermeasure; counter-measure
24 hours; twenty-four hours
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself