large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
honorific/polite/humble prefix
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to fight against; to oppose; to face
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
consequence; outcome; result; blame
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)
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
please; somehow or other; one way or another
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not