to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
document; reportage; documentary; documentation
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
mass communication; mass media
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
all you want; as much as one wants
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
suffix for familiar person
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
now that; since; so long as; because
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
vertically structured society
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
colorectal cancer; large bowel cancer
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)