to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
surely; certainly; without doubt
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
common knowledge; well-known fact
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
it's not like; it isn't as if
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
payment to the government
free city (of Germany); commune (of medieval Europe)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
reduction by half; halving
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
every day and every night
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places