easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
quantity or volume of water
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
material; materials; data; information; documents
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
decrease; reduction; decline
tendency; trend; inclination
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
time; season; period; phase; stage
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
war; fighting; fierce competition
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
river; stream; River; the ... river
that is to say; so that means
source of river; fountainhead
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
armed forces; military; troops
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
itinerary; travel plans; distance (of a trip); journey
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
likability; favorability; popularity
as expected; as predicted
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result