factory; plant; mill; workshop
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
retail price; street price
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
close; intimate; on good terms
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
good luck (in battle); may fortune be with you
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
brand-new article; new item
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to grow up; to become an adult
(overnight) stay; lodging; inn; hotel; night duty; anchorage
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure