place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
form of government; system of government; polity
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
instability; insecurity; crankiness
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
start; beginning; first step; clue
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
in the same way as; just like
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
contemporary life; present-day life
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
unprecedented; record-breaking
scale; scope; plan; structure
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
the present time; new; recent
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
like this; this sort; this way
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
human relations; personal relationships
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely