café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
guiding precepts of a company; company credo; corporate philosophy
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
preference; priority; precedence
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
education; training; discipline
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
factory; plant; mill; workshop
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
not necessarily so; is not always true
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
in person; personally; directly
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
it's been a long time; long time no see
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
remembrance; recollection; recognition
business; trade; operations; sales
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision