hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
article; thing; object; property; real estate
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
absorption; suction; attraction
to run about; to rush about
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
branch office; branch store
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
consequence; result; conclusion
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
action of making something; -ification
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
personal; individual; private
arrogant; haughty; insolent
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
evaporation; dehydration; desiccation
using one's arms as a pillow
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
sunlight; rays of the Sun
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
annual (plant); first-year student