increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
personal feelings; self-interest
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
village office; local administration office in a village
thorough; exhaustive; complete
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
to be too numerous; to be too much
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
Public Prosecutor's Office
indictment; prosecution; complaint
certain; definite; clear; credible
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
central government ministries and agencies
I see; that's right; indeed
just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
working in the fields; working on a farm