maintenance; preservation; improvement
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ago; since; before; previous
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
number one; first; best; most; game; round
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
honorific/polite/humble prefix
sense for (how to use) money; money sense
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
comic books; comics; comic; comical
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
something like ...; something called ...
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to have an eye on; to zero in on
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to entrust; to leave to a person
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
such; like that; that sort of; very