speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
quarrel; trouble; dispute
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
notice; attention; observation
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
exhibition; exhibition game
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
within the year; before the year is out
results; record; grades; marks
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
shellfish; seashell; shell
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity