big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
competitiveness; competitive edge; competitive power
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
near; close; beside; third person
to gather; to collect; to assemble
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
early on; earlier on; from early
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to be silent; to say nothing
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
shipping charges; transportation expenses
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
considerably; fairly; quite
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
extra charge; specially reduced charge