meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
standing close together; bristling (with)
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
dwelling; house; residence; address
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
while; during; performed in this condition
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
long ago; a long time ago; already
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
to use up all one's strength; to die
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
reality; actuality; hard fact
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
single flower; one wheel; full moon
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to call in; to invite; to bring in
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
minority; (sexual, ethnic) minority; minority group
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
not knowing what to do with oneself (out of embarrassment, etc.); not knowing where to put oneself; feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt