later on; eventually; afterwards
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to say; to tell; to state; to do
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
preference; priority; precedence
journal; magazine; periodical
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to have a talk; to tell a story
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
another company; other company
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
while; even though; despite
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
how many years; how long; what year
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture