prime minister; premier; chancellor
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
difficult to ...; hard to ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
please (give me); please (do for me)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
polite; respectful; reverent
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured