cost reduction; cost saving
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
one after another; in succession
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
configuration information
description; describing; depicting
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement
commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
substantial matter; significant item
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to bury; to embed; to implant
time-stamp; time-stamping machine
arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
at a moment's notice; readily
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying
inner citadel; core; center; centre
inner moat; moat within the castle walls
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)