about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
illegal channel; back channel; black market
a little; a bit; slightly
serious accident; major incident
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
to provide (a person) with a bodyguard
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
complete blockade (seal); baseball shutout
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
sexual preference; sexual predilection
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
Heaven's blessing; gift of nature; natural resources
distribution network; distribution channels
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
information bureau; intelligence department
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
outside the country; abroad
flawless; absolute perfection
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
young and energetic; up-and-coming
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
compensating; making up for; supplementation
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on