thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
advance; moving forward; progress
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
program (e.g. TV); programme
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
religious organization; religious organisation
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods
municipal office; council; city hall
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
government management; state management
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
reaction; response; reaction
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
number one; first; best; most; game; round
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly