meaning; significance; sense
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
how; in what way; how about
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
tune (melody, piece of music)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
Japanese person; Japanese people
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
surroundings; environs; circumference
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
as if it weren't already enough
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say