to be preeminent; to be outstanding
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
tens of thousands of years
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
progress; advance; improvement; development
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to jump at; to be attracted by
to be found; to be discovered
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
wielding three swords; player who can play as pitcher, fielder and batter
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration