development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
bento; Japanese box lunch
such; like that; that sort of
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
fan site (website run by fans of a celebrity, TV show, etc.); fansite
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
senior high school; high school
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
how many years; how long; what year
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
article; news story; report; account
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above