to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to feel; to sense; to experience
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
company president; manager; director
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
(political) power; authority; influence
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
in name only; titular; nominal
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
beginning; outset; first; onset
several people; a few people
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
thousand years; very long period; forever
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
although I say; although one might say; although called
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
cooperation; collaboration
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
impossible; unlikely; improbable
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
such; this sort of; like this
at once; immediately; right now