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
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
research; study; investigation
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
exorcism; putting a deadly curse on; cursing to death
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
observation; survey; watching
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to cause trouble (for); to have a harmful effect (on); to involve (someone) in trouble
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
same; similar; (just) like; equal
imprisonment; incarceration
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small