equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
provisional; temporary; tentative
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
use; utilization; utilisation; application
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
deserted house; ruined house; abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to lose sight of; to miss
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)