promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
if so; in that case; in that situation
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix