confections; sweets; candy; cake
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
appointment; rendezvous; date
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
(someone else's) daughter
change of occupation; career change
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter