determination; resolution
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
making efficient; optimization
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
commercial value; commodity value; marketability
to some extent; to a certain extent
leadership; initiative; spearhead
presumption; assumption; estimation
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
rational; reasonable; logical
history of Japan; Japanese history
society; public; community; social studies
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
humanities and sciences; social sciences and hard sciences; context; (line of) reasoning
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
vocational school; technical school
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
without permission; without notice
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
marshland; wetland; swampland
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea