increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
personal; individual; private
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
extremely talented; very gifted
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to have troubles; to have concerns
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
honorific/polite/humble prefix
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
preface; introduction; preamble
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
(social) position; status
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)