comparatively; relatively
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
had better ...; had better not ...
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to subsist; to keep on living
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
one-year-old; one year old
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)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
that is to say; so that means
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
grade; class; quality; unit; digit; positioning of decimal point
numeration system; number representation system
general idea; concept; notion
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...