praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
temporary; provisional; interim
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
conferral of honors (honours), according to merits
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
commerce; trade; business
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
hard to get; hard to come by
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
development; exploitation
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
space; interval; space character; whitespace
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
accident; emergency; calamity
contact network; phone tree; contact information for relevant people (in a given organization)
carrier pigeon; homing pigeon
question; inquiry; enquiry
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
influential person; man of importance
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing