to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
so; like this; in this way
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
press club; correspondents' club
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
it's no joke; gimme a break!
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
how long; how much; to what extent
donation; contribution; endowment
to gather; to collect; to assemble
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
application; request; petition
personal; individual; private
dressing oneself; putting on clothes; embezzlement
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
to be able to manage somehow or another