promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that day; the very same day
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
calamity; disaster; misfortune
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
form; shape; figure; visage
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to face on; to look out on to
port city; harbor city; harbour city
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
place; situation; position; location
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.