countermeasures to the falling birthrate
capital; funds; seed money; asset
in one's hands; in one's control
the future; future prospects
advantage; advantage (in soccer, rugby, etc.); advantage rule; advantage (in tennis)
great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium
inner structure; internal anatomy
piling up; multiple layers
return journey; one's way home; one's way back
toxin; poisonous substance
ectogenesis; outside the body
therapeutic crying for stress relief; having a good cry
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
one's increasing age; approaching old age; aging steadily
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
late at night; at a late hour
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence
(present) head of a family
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
release; liberation; acquittal
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
re-entry (into a country)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
National Diet Library; Library of Congress
systematic; regular; routine
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant