illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
war; fighting; fierce competition
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
foreign; abroad; overseas
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
family; members of a family
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
declaration; proclamation; announcement
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
sudden price jump; steep price rise
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
hotel expenses; expenses incurred during a stay
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth