counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
direct selling; direct sales
electronic book; e-book; electronic banking; electron beam; exchangeable bond
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
comparatively; relatively
limited company (company structure for small businesses; abolished in 2006); YK
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
scale; scope; plan; structure
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
yen (currency of Japan); circle
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
exit; way out; outlet; vent
light two-wheeled trailer (towed by bicycle, pulled by hand, etc.)
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; truck; bogie
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
all-terrain vehicle; quad bike; dune buggy; beach buggy; buggy; stroller
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
tractor; towing vehicle; driving force; leading role
wooden house; frame house (building)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object