obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
smooth (i.e. without problems)
to burrow through; to dig through
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
fall; drop; descent; coming down
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
reinforcement; strengthening
to some extent; to a certain extent
strategic resources; strategic materials
mining; digging; working (a mine)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
thousands; several thousand
refining; refinement; smelting; training
to look away; to turn away
heaven and earth; top and bottom
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
maid; helper; help; assistance
not limited to; not just ...
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
long time; long interval; for quite some time
possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
in the meanwhile; during the time
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
master; teacher; stable master
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
three-digit number; hundreds column
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to correct oneself; to restate
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se