member of the upper house; senator
enterprise; business; company; corporation
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
succession; continuation; series; sequence
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
sudden death; unexpected death
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
accurate; correct; precise; exact
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
chalice (for Holy Communion); Holy Chalice; Holy Grail
war; fighting; fierce competition
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
town; city; municipal; urban
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
proving ground; test site
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)