to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
cash bonus; reward; bounty
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to write a few lines (to); to drop someone a line; to write a note (to)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
succeeding; following; trailing; next
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
order of chivalry; chivalric order
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
cooperation; collaboration
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers