several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
war; fighting; fierce competition
to start; to begin; to commence
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
now; the present time; just now; another; more
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
at a stroke; with a single swoop
sudden price jump; steep price rise
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
each nation; many nations; many countries
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that