investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
offensive (movement); aggression
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
steering (a boat); helmsman; steersman; guidance; leadership; leader
chain-reaction bankruptcy; chain bankruptcy
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
continuation; succession; series; continuous
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
pull together!; give it your best shot!; let's do this!
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up
bundle of banknotes; stack of bills; large sum of money
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
the whole company; all the companies
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
(overnight) stay; lodging; inn; hotel; night duty; anchorage
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
long time; long interval; for quite some time
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
to concern; to be related
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit