difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
of course; certainly; naturally
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
opposite side; opposition
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
proposal; proposition; suggestion
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
head; lead; vanguard; first
in order; in turn; one by one
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth