extermination; expulsion; destruction
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
crops; agricultural produce
absolute amount; absolute quantity
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
fishing industry; fishery
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
breeding; raising; rearing
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
processing technology; processing technique
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate