large company; large enterprise; large corporation
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
exclusive possession; sole ownership; monopoly
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
priority; order of precedence
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
staff identity card; employee ID card
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
identification papers; ID
initial value; initializing value; default value
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
from the beginning; from scratch
good prospects; full of hope; promising
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
honorific/polite/humble prefix
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
related to; in relation to
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
depending on the ...; to depend on the ...
beforehand; in advance; previously
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
(social) class; rank; grade