difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
finding employment; getting a job
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
company; corporation; workplace
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
if it is the case that ...
single word; a few words; brief comment
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
question; inquiry; enquiry
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
electrical manufacturer; company manufacturing electric devices; electric-appliance maker
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
attack; assault; attempt; try
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
interview (e.g. for a job)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)