certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to be needed; to be wanted
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
match; game; bout; contest
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
by means of; due to; because of; according to
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
starting lineup; player in the starting lineup
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily