as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
karōshi line (official measure of excessive hours of overtime per month)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
number one; first; best; most; game; round
serious; severe; grave; acute
monthly mean; monthly average
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
why; how; for what reason
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
advance; moving forward; progress
defense; defence; fielding
generation of students educated under the "pressure-free" system (from the late 1970s onward)
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
questionnaire; survey; poll
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
system; institution; organization; organisation
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for