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
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
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
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
innumerable; countless; numberless
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
how; in what way; how about
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
strategy meeting; council of war
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
feeling; sense; impression
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
topic of discussion; agenda
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show