to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
employment; starting work
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
formal meeting (committee, etc.); session; this (the aforementioned, our) association (society, organisation)
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
materials; data; document
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
class A river; specified waterways of special importance protected by the government
quantitative; concerning the quantity
second grade; second class; secondary
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
deviation; departure; omission
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
quantity or volume of water
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight
hedge; fence; border; limit
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
smallish; on the small side