defense; defence; protection
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
bonus; reward for one's services
cash bonus; reward; bounty
property; fortune; assets
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
special; particular; peculiar; unique
processing technology; processing technique
breeding; raising; rearing
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
of course; certainly; naturally
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to bring back; to restore
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed