thought; consideration; thinking
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
advance; moving forward; progress
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
to succeed; to bear fruit
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
reaching; attaining; arrival
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
scale; scope; plan; structure
impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know