many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
another thing; exception; special case
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
on and after; from ... onward; since
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
absolute amount; absolute quantity
to be inherent (in); to reside (in); to be immanent (in); immanence
to increase; to add to; to augment
ratio; proportion; percentage
three-digit number; hundreds column
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
growing (graph rising to the right); increasing; soaring; expanding
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
true character; true heart; true spirit
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
to ask a question; to ask questions
to have meaning; to be meaningful
a few seconds; several seconds
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
in the same way as; just like