alteration; falsification; faking
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to ask a question; to ask questions
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
recommendation; endorsement
household (electrical) appliances; home appliances; consumer electronics
sovereign; emperor; monarch
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
high (government) official
fee; charge; rate; material
Matsushita Electric Industrial
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
electric appliance store; electrician
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
industrial revival or recovery
energy conservation; economical use of energy; energy-saving
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
shipping charges; transportation expenses
upward tendency; rising trend
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
environmental destruction
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away