public works; public-works projects; public utilities
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
joint enterprise; joint venture
appointed day of delivery; time for payment
island area; insular region
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
concession; conciliation; compromise
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
refining; refinement; smelting; training
allocation; appropriation
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
just one person; only one
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
in session; in progress; under way; open
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
duty; obligation; responsibility
again and again; repeatedly
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
arrest; apprehension; capture
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
proposal; offer; request; application
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed