taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
wedded life; married life
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
many; much; plenty; hardly
choices; alternatives; options
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
by means of; due to; because of; according to
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to chase; to run after; to pursue