to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
tool; implement; means; furniture
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
is that so?; I see; right; oh
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
having little left; having few remaining; running short; running low; scant
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology
painter; artist; illustrator
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
comic book version; comic book edition
cast (of a film, play, etc.); cast member; casting (a line); casting (video, audio, etc.); (type) casting
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
spread; span; expanse; extent
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound