single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to be prolonged; to drag on
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
will not do; do not; does not
government; administration
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
match declared drawn due to injury
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
interim government; provisional government; caretaker government
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
to be found; to be discovered
to attract interest; to get attention to appeal
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to discuss; to talk together
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
conference room; place of assembly
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
patriarch; head of a family
to gather; to collect; to assemble
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
and; thereupon; because of that