Vocabulary

business conditions; the market; economic activity; economic climate

contract; compact; agreement

the present; present time; now

reality; actuality; hard fact

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.)

so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

individual; private person; personal; private

center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus

finance; financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money

centre; center; middle; heart

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result

muscle; tendon; sinew

attack; assault; raid; onslaught; offensive

thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

professor

state; country; nation

National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

this time; now

from now on; hereafter

conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation

best; supreme; wonderful; finest

last; final; closing

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

death

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

concern; interest

relation; connection; relevance

guidance; leadership; instruction; direction; coaching

enterprise; business; company; corporation

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

(town) market; (street) market; marketplace

period; term; interval

expectation; anticipation; hope

engine

figure; form; shape

mechanism; machinery