form; shape; figure; visage
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
too much; excessively; too
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
every year; yearly; annually
established practice; custom
to support each other; to support one another
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
knowing; (an) acquaintance
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine