preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
of course; certainly; naturally
beginning; outset; first; onset
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
in the same way as; just like
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
that is to say; so that means
impossible; unlikely; improbable
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least