to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
population ageing (aging)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
in a day; in a brief space of time
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
expansion of domestic demand
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
unexpectedly; surprisingly
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to be touching; to be moving
this occasion; at this time; now
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession