room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
war; fighting; fierce competition
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
then; well; so; well then
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
such; this sort of; like this
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
battlefield; battleground
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)