dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
training; drill; practice; discipline
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
meaning; significance; sense
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to pass away; to join the majority; (lit.) to enter the death register
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to repeat; to do something over again
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
beyond one's means or position
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
in the prefecture; prefectural
largest class; top category
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
restaurant (esp. Western-style)