seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to move (house); to change residence
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
even so; anyhow; at any rate
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
progress; advance; improvement; development
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
business world; business circles; (the) industry
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to thrust before; to thrust at
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
to be worried; to be troubled
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
privacy of communications
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
injured person; wounded person; casualty
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
underground train; subway