Burgundy (wine); Bourgogne
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
first-rate; finest quality; the best
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
good year; lucky year; bumper year; banner year
Digital Equipment Corporation; DEC
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
information bureau; intelligence department
made in Japan; Japanese-made
listening device; bug; wiretap
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
secret information; intelligence
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
chief; main; principal; important
duty; function; office; mission; task
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
that is to say; so that means
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
around the world; throughout the world
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
industrial spy; industrial espionage
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
tradition; legend; folklore
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
to do for (the sake of someone else)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
long time; long interval; for quite some time