estimate (of costs); budget
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
loveable; very likeable; like very much
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
twice; again; second time
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to entrust; to leave to a person
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude