serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
and; thereupon; because of that
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
around the world; throughout the world
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
mass communication; mass media
to have a talk; to tell a story
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
suffix for familiar person
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
from the viewpoint of; according to
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
power; might; authority; influence
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
kind; sort; species; species
confidence; trust; faith; credit
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war