road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
(political) power; authority; influence
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
just the other day; quite recently
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
next term; next period; next version; next release
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
the other day; some time ago; recently
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
reform; reformation; reorganization
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
slimming down; scaling back; thinning; streamlining; retrenchment
outsider; someone outside of a group
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
for (some) doubtful points to remain
in good health; alive and well; going strong
older brother and younger sister
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
strategy meeting; council of war
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of