on bad terms; at loggerheads
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
preliminary arrangements; spade work
story; tale; talk; discussion
support; backing; aid; assistance
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
internal conditions; true state of affairs
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
headquarters; head office; main office
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
in the meanwhile; during the time
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
economic bloc; ecosystem (of services, goods, etc. within a company or consortium)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
supply; supplying; replenishment
to differentiate; to segregate
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
ardent; passionate; vehement
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony