few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
power; might; authority; influence
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
I see; that's right; indeed
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
beginning; outset; first; onset
very unskillful; extremely awkward
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
dealing with; coping with
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
rather than; more ... than ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you