political measures; policy
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
few decades; many decades; several decades
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
several years; a few years
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
time; hour; period; class
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
in the meanwhile; during the time
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough