inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
watering hole; watering place
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
landowner; landlord; landlady
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
substitution; alternative; substitute
the following week; the next week
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
softly; mildly; gently; politely
about when; about what time; how soon
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost