time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
since; henceforth; ever since
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
contradiction; inconsistency
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
mountain recesses; heart of the mountains; mountain; (arch.) imperial tomb; (arch.) emperor's grave
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; preliminary selection; screening (e.g. of applicants); provisional election
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
next generation; future generation
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
final selection (in a competition, match, etc.)
tournament; knockout tournament (esp. single-elimination); elimination tournament
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
deluxe; digital transformation
but; however; provided that
whole book; whole volume; whole story
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show