best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
library; book collection; paperback book
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
counter for books; volume
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
monthly mean; monthly average
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
time; hour; period; class
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
really; truly; indeed; good grief
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
society; the world; the times
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
for example; for instance; e.g.
chance of precipitation; chance of rain
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date