most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
that's the way it is; such is life
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
new record (in sports, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
draw (in competition); tie game
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
one more time; once more; once again
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to distract a person's attention
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite