friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
year on year; on the previous year
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
several years; a few years
every year; yearly; annually
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
impossible; unlikely; improbable
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
society; the world; the times
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
government worker; public servant; civil servant
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
enterprise; business; company; corporation
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
future (usually near); prospects
such; like that; that sort of; very
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to subsist; to keep on living