everything; anything; nothing
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to be remembered; to go down in history
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
sovereign; emperor; monarch
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
lifelong; lifetime; for life; life
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
general manager; general superintendent; general director (of a film, etc.)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to put into writing; to write
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
macrocosmos; macrocosm; the universe; the cosmos
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)