immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
moving; changing residence; change of address
security firm; security company
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
mass communication; mass media
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
regret; repentance; remorse
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
persistent; stubborn; sticky; viscous; viscous temperament (in Kretschmer's classification); epileptoid temperament
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
one's sister-in-law; stepsister (elder)
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out