advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
by means of; due to; because of; according to
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
please (give me); please (do for me)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to hold fast; to protect to the end
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
decision; determination; resolution
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
(not so) much; (not) very
to be helpful; to be useful
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
serious; not joking; straight
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn