increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
propriety; right or wrong; justice
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to be too numerous; to be too much
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
political issue (problem)