to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
first championship win (esp. sumo)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
consecutive victories; series of victories
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to lose sight of; to miss
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to spread; to be propagated
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
if so; in that case; in that situation