difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
war; fighting; fierce competition
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; spotting (in weight training)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
foreign; abroad; overseas
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
declaration; proclamation; announcement
on and after; from ... onward; since
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
living expenses (incurred during a short or long stay)
airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)