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conglomerate; group of companies run as a single organization

to have something to do with; to be concerned with; to have a connection with; to have relations with

to become involved in (something negative); to become entangled in; to get mixed up in

in this kind of situation

tie-in; package deal

to dance to the music

business integration; business merger; integration of management

incoherent; inconsistent

to join in a (musical) performance

European Union; EU

Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual singing contest between famous male and female singers on New Year's Eve; sponsored and broadcast by NHK

the state (degree) of congestion; how bad traffic jams are

to compare (e.g. notes); to exchange (e.g. views, opinions)

to pack an assortment of goods, etc.

to come to a mutual understanding

to cancel mutually (contract, etc.)

arranged marriage

contest between different schools (of fencing, etc.)

well-matched; suitable; becoming

(mixture of) ground beef and pork

looking at each other

postponement; suspension; interruption

shape memory alloy

depending on the (one's) situation (circumstances); at one's pleasure

to be profitable

passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

synthetic fibre; synthetic fiber