to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
tradition; legend; folklore
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
bamboo mat used in food preparation (esp. to roll sushi); sushi mat
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
leaving a warship; abandoning ship; retirement from a naval post; retirement from captaincy (of a naval ship)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
survival; survivor; relic
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
duty; function; office; mission; task
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)