to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
no!; no no!; no, not at all
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
large tree; big tree; huge tree
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to live; to make a living; to get on with
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
very young; little; childish; immature
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
apologies for the crude food
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case