riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
return; restoring; return (in tennis, etc.); return (key); return; profit
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
around the world; throughout the world
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
tourist trade; travel industry; tourist business; tourist enterprise
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
(carved) statue; sculpture
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
building time; construction period
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
image; figure; figure; form; image
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
morning and evening; all the time; always; every day
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without