temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
to employ; to hire; to charter
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
street; quarter; district; area
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
wintertime; winter season
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
act of terror; act of terrorism
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
to brave a danger; to take a risk
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
estimate (of costs); budget
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
central part; heart (of a city)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover