route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
note (letter) left behind; will
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
food; food products; foodstuffs
online shopping service (with delivery by mail); mail order; mail-order sales; shop-by-mail service
division (of company); operations department
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
main cause; primary factor
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
to rise; to erect; to get up
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
receptionist; reception woman
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building