clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
almost; roughly; approximately
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
considerably; fairly; quite
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
most part; greater part; majority
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
phrase; clause; basic linguistic unit in Japanese grammar
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to some extent; to a certain extent
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
difficult to ...; hard to ...
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
audio tape; magnetic tape
to listen again; to ask again