degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
difference; variation; difference
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
world; society; people; the public
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
large amount of money; great cost
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
imagination; supposition; guess
in the end; at the end of the day
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to dry up completely; to become stale
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
100,000; hundred thousand
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin