victory stand; winners' podium
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
very; extremely; excessively
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
good performance; good work; great success
to have meaning; to be meaningful
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
continuation; succession; series
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now