admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to concern; to be related
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
motive power; driving force
strength; power; proficiency; ability
by means of; due to; because of; according to
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
adoption; selection; choice
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to boost; to force up; to push up
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
how; in what way; how about; questionable
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
something; some kind of; for some reason
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)