right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
woman; female; feminine gender
social progress; getting ahead in society; moving up in the world
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
yourself; himself; herself
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
the other day; a few days ago
contradiction; inconsistency
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
it's not like; it isn't as if
flourish of trumpets; fanfare
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
at that time; in those days
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish