surely; certainly; without doubt
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
after the end (of something); post-
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
pharmaceutical (drug) company
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
blow; shock; strike; batting
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
depression; recession; slump
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
enterprise; business; company; corporation
commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
of course; certainly; naturally
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent