possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
Sogo (Japanese department store chain)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
battlefield; battleground
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
support; backing; aid; assistance
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
squab; young pigeon; pigeon meat
room to let; room for rent
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
else; in addition; besides
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control