increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
originally; by nature; from the start
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
it is not (like that) either
scale; scope; plan; structure
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
preference; priority; precedence
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to accept; to receive; to agree
unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
disorder; chaos; confusion
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
reality; actuality; hard fact
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged