essential; important; crucial; vital; main
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
older brother; elder brother
older sister; elder sister
student marriage (esp. university, college, etc. students)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to be silent; to say nothing
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
enterprise; business; company; corporation
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
television program; TV program
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
company name; name of a company
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
one flower; single flower; success; prosperity
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
study; research; investigation
study; diligence; discount; reduction
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
now; the present time; just now; another; more
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block