social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
all times and places; all ages and countries
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
fighting spirit (in sport); tenacity
love story; romance; love affair
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
each individual; each person
difference; disparity; gap
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
contradiction; inconsistency
to indicate; to show; to point to
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
loveable; very likeable; like very much
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
scene; spectacle; sight; view
in a sense; in some way; to an extent