increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
follow-up report; further news
heaven's dispensation; divine providence; plan of nature
one more time; once more; once again
bristle; seta; stiff hair; coarse hair
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
to fall flat; to fall face down
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
to stretch (unbend) oneself
stirring; slight movement
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
without eating or drinking
having a place to oneself (e.g. restaurant, movie theater); having the run of a place
otherwise; if not; or else
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
countermeasure; counter-measure
weekly (publication); weekly magazine; weekly journal
heading; headline; index; headword
senior envoy; chief delegate
(another person's) younger sister
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility); visiting card; name card
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
Hellmuth; Helmut; Hermuth
smallish; on the small side
vice-envoy; deputy delegate
meanwhile; in the meantime
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
after the end (of something)