rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
you (plural); all of you; you all
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
future (usually near); prospects
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
later on; eventually; afterwards
materials; data; document
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
test for a position in a company; company entrance test
successive generations; successive emperors
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
results; record; grades; marks
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to be needed; to be wanted
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
foreign; abroad; overseas
division (of company); operations department