candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
modesty; humility; being humble
to correct oneself; to restate
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
war; fighting; fierce competition
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)