demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to have a talk; to tell a story
thinking back now; looking back
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
but; however; although; though
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date