great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
flood of customers; roaring business
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
otherwise; or else; if not
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
street; quarter; district; area
distrust; unjust suspicion
something like ...; something called ...
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
while; during (the time when)
counter for choices, options, etc.
optimism; taking an optimistic view
worst; worst-case (scenario)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
in one's own way or style
heir; inheritor; successor
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
singularity; singular point