sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
testimony; (verbal) evidence
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to become widely known; to become well-known; to spread (of a rumor, reputation, etc.)
man of the hour; woman of the hour
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
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 ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
for the first time in one's life
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
myself; yourself; I; me; you
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
decision; determination; resolution
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
return to work; going back to work
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
still; even now; to this day
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation