mostly involve; principally involve
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
to employ; to hire; to charter
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
teacher's license (licence) (required to teach in preschool, elementary or secondary schools)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to live fast (and recklessly)
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
to bring; to take; to bring about
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
research and development; R&D
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
results of a scientific investigation; findings
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
highest institute of education
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
in good health; alive and well; going strong
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
source, cause of an accident
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat
to add (to); to add on; to append
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing