proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
thin man with well-defined musculature
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
senior high school student
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
until now; so far; up to the present
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
snake; serpent; large snake
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like