considerably; fairly; quite
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
perfect; complete; flawless
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
crops; agricultural produce
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
to need; to call for; to require
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
production output; number of goods manufactured
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
common knowledge; well-known fact
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
striking; remarkable; considerable
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
two (long cylindrical things)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation