how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
government office; public office
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
only; merely; but; no more than
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
and; thereupon; because of that
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
killing two birds with one stone
conviction; belief; confidence
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
trouble; bother; annoyance
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth