culture; cultivation; cultivation (of plants); growing; cultivation (e.g. of a skill); nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.)
emotional strength; force of will
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
low-grade; low-class; low-quality; vulgar; cheap
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
either way; in any case; one way or another
living person; the living
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
self-assessment; self-declaration; self-certification; personal statement
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
consumption; expenditure; spending
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
how many people; a number of people
victim; injured party; sufferer
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
several times (as large, over)
dozens; scores of; decades
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
every year; yearly; annually