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(manufacturing) industry

4

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

2

accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received; closed won

1

to buy up

1

real estate

1

the price of land

1

slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline

1

high interest rate

1

repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption

1

now that; since; so long as; because

2

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

1

to pay

2

down payment; deposit

4

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

security; guarantee; collateral; guarantee (e.g. of safety)

7

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

2

yen (currency of Japan); circle

1

pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

1

making do; getting by (somehow); managing

1

aim; goal; prospect; outlook

1

sooner or later; in time; eventually

1

trailing; chasing after; imitation; imitating; clinginess (in babies, toddlers)

1

foundation works

2

prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

1

process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

2

person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession

2

passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)

1

estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation

2

one's whole life; one's lifetime

1

two periods; two terms

1

(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)

1

100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8

3

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

1

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

to have the nerve to

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

1

to look sour; to look disgusted; to scowl; to frown

1

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

1

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

1

Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

2

wearily

1

to straighten up; to sit upright

2

director; trustee

16

town councillor; town council member

1

around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now

1

to spread; to be propagated

2