approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
double; twice (as much); twofold
when it becomes; when it comes to
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
our country; our land; one's own country
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
serious; severe; grave; acute
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
deputy secretary (government); deputy director
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
planning; plan; project; arrangements
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
pleased to make your acquaintance
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)