relation; connection; relevance
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
many; much; plenty; hardly
chair; stool; post; office; position
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
servant; manservant; menial
marvel-of-Peru (Mirabilis jalapa); four-o'clock plant
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
scene; spectacle; sight; view
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
price reduction; discount
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
reason; cause; circumstances
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
of course; certainly; naturally
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)