trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
don't you think?; indicates question
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
mass communication; mass media
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to be in danger of; to be liable to
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
during; for the duration of
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
any more; any further; any better; any longer
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
government; administration
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
as (for); for; in the capacity of
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit