similarly; same (idea); same (name)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
very; much; greatly; a lot of
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
that is to say; so that means
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to wash again; to reconsider
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to be found; to be discovered
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
whole story; full picture; full particulars
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
very likely; very probable
course; route; path; process; means
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
periodic; regular; routine
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
every year; yearly; annually
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to accept; to receive; to agree
identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)