strict; close; precise; scrupulous
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
X-ray; roentgen (unit of ionizing radiation)
infrared rays; infrared radiation
fragile article; breakables; broken article
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
export; exportation; efferent
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment
blow; shock; strike; batting
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
thousands; several thousand
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
periodic; regular; routine
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
economic world; financial circles; business community
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
traditional; conventional
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
forced repatriation; deportation
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things