speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
first meeting; first interview with
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
since when; from when; how long
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to subsist; to keep on living
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)