painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
March; third month of the lunar calendar
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
closing of a park (e.g. theme park, botanical garden, etc.)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
due form; official; formality
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
promising without due consideration
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
article; news story; report; account
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
maintenance; preservation; improvement
estimate (of costs); budget
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
loveable; very likeable; like very much