(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
release; emission; ejection
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
very good luck; excellent fortune
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
serious error; gross mistake
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
natural span of life; 250 years old
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
that's the way it is; such is life