intention; idea; inclination; wish
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
disparity of wealth; wealth inequality; social inequality
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
society; public; community; social studies
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
depression; recession; slump
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
around the world; throughout the world
source of worry; source of distress
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
care; precaution; guarding; caution
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
good person; virtuous person
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
farm work; field labour; field labor
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to set a ladder up against
sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (tapered, unlike a regular nata)
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
grandfather; male senior-citizen
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)