interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
large industrial company; major corporation; big business
annexation; merger; swallowing up
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
chance of going out; opportunity (to succeed); musical accompaniment for an actor going on stage
to burst open; to pop; to split
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
okara; soy pulp; tofu dregs; edible pulp separated from soybean milk in the production of tofu