planet; dark horse; surprise contender
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
mining; digging; working (a mine)
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)
if it is (the case that ...)
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
rampancy; prevalence; domination
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
nothing; nil; naught; nought
you could say; you might say; verging on the
the reason is that ...; because
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard
why; how; for what reason
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
existence; being; presence
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
question; inquiry; enquiry
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)