to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to accept; to receive; to agree
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
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)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
accurate portrait; photographic portrait
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
novel; original; new; innovative
revolutionary (e.g. technology)
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
a dime a dozen; two a penny
suspension (from work or school)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)