acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
association; union; guild
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
cannot be helped; unavoidable
one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
property; fortune; assets
company director; board member
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
resignation (from a position)
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
heading; headline; index; headword
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap