aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
questionnaire; survey; poll
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
largest class; top category
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
person who expresses themselves (through speech, art, etc.); creator; author; speaker; poster
heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity
season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for); in vogue; popular; hot
creator; inventor; creative; content creator; developer
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
still; even now; to this day
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
how long; how far; how much
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
taking a break from writing
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment