activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
veteran; old-timer; experienced person
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
countermeasure; counter-measure
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
different opinion; objection
income; receipts; revenue
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
joint enterprise; joint venture
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
restoration; repair; mending
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance