retention; maintenance; preservation
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
lapse; abatement; invalidation; expiration; expiry; becoming void
as; because; with; due to
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
detached territory; enclave; exclave; scattered landholdings
dock; thorough physical examination
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
naval port; naval station
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
trauma (usu. psychological)
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
gross domestic product; GDP
gross domestic product; GDP
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
gross national product; GNP
per person; per capita; per head
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
adding up; totalling; totaling
affirmative vote; yes vote; aye
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)