speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
calamity; disaster; accident
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
starvation; famine; hunger
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
rampancy; prevalence; domination
to be conspicuous; to stand out
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
wherein; therein; thereinto
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
indefinite postponement; putting on hold
one's possessions; ownership
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
duty; function; office; mission; task
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every