to make a process run more smoothly by helping it along or making it easier
プロセスを円滑に進めるために手助けをしたり、簡単にしたりすること (purosesu o enkatsu ni susumeru tame ni tedasuke o shitari, kantan ni shitari suru koto)
"Bribing officials is a common way to grease the wheels in international trade negotiations."
"役人に賄賂を渡すことは、国際貿易交渉でホイールにグリースを塗る一般的な方法です。" (Yakunin ni wairo o watasu koto wa, kokusai bōeki kōshō de hoīru ni gurīsu o nuru ippanteki na hōhō desu.)
used to express one’s personal opinion or feeling about some...
to be in charge of or control something
to frighten someone very badly
to dismiss something as unimportant
to work extremely hard
to rely on or trust someone to do something
