force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
main force; chief object; mainline
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)
that is to say; so that means
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
each nation; many nations; many countries
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
preface; introduction; preamble
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
economic unit; economic agent; economic entity
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
fields (of rice and other crops)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
crops; agricultural produce
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
dependence (relationship); dependency (relationship)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
while; during; while; although; all; both
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
small sum (e.g. of money); small denomination
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off