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1. なんとか (do anyway; manage to do; do with difficulty; barely; somehow)
2. なんといっても (when all is said and done; after all; whatever others may say)
3. 〜際（さい） (when...ing)
4. 〜などと（言われる/ひやかされる） ((to be teased by saying something like) as ...)
5. 〜に関連（かんれん）づける/〜に関連づけて (refer to ...; connect to ...; link to ...)
6. A, Bというように (like A after B) (lit. to be favored by similar good luck;
share another's good luck)
7. 〜て、しかも〜 (and furthermore; on top of ...; in addition to ...)
8. 〜にあやかって (name A after B) (lit. to be favored by similar good luck; share
another's good luck)
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9. 〜と同様（どうよう）(similarly; likewise; in the same way as)
10. 〜に関（かん）して/〜に関（かん）するN (regarding; concerning; with respect to)
11. 〜さえ〜ば (if only ...; so long as ...)
12. いかに〜か (how difficult /easy/etc. it is doing ...; how to ...)
13. 〜でしかない (nothing but ...)
14. 〜わけにはいかない (cannot just ...; it is not possible to ...)
15. 〜限（かぎ）り (unless ...; so long as ...)
16. 〜ように説得（せっとく）する（頼（たの）む/言う、など） (convince(tell/ask/etc.)something to do
...)
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17. 〜に過（す）ぎない (be nothing but; only; merely; no more than)
18. 〜とともに (with ...; along/together with ...)
19. 〜（の）途中（とちゅう）で (on the way to; during; in the middle of)
20. 〜こそ (the very ... (a particle which emphasizes a word/phrase/clause);
... of all things)
21. 〜べきであろう (should; ought to)/〜べきではない (should not; ought not to)
22. むしろ (rather than)
23. たいして〜ない/たいしたNではない (not very; not too; not really)
24. 〜ねばならぬ/〜ねばならない (must; have to)
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25. もとはといえば (originally) (lit. if the origin is asked)
26. 〜どおり (as ...; according to ...; in accordance to ...)
27. 〜（を）はじめ (starting with ...; ... in addition to; ... as well as)
28. 〜というわけだ (..., that is what it means.; it means that ...)
29. 〜に対（たい）して (as opposed to ...; in contrast to ...)
30. 〜ことになる (it means that ...; it ends up that ...)
31. 〜つつある (in the process/middle of ...; while ...; continuously)
32. 〜ということは、〜ということだ (... means ...; if ..., it probably means that ...)
33. 〜からといって (judging from ...; from the viewpoint of ...; in view of ...)
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34. ここ[期間（きかん）] (these... (length of time); over the past(years/months/etc.))
35. 〜にとどまる (be limited to ...; be confined to ...; not exceed ...)
36. いわば (so to speak; as one might put it; in a word)
37. 〜うえ（に） (on the top of ...; besides ...; as well as ...)
38. 〜に基（もと）づいて (based on ...)
39. 〜に限（かぎ）る (be limited to ...; ... is the best[choice/plan/etc.]; only)
40. 〜てもしかたがない (it is no use ...ing; it cannot be helped that ...)
41. ただし (However)
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42. 〜と（いうの）は〜ことを言う/ことだ (... means ...; ... refers to ...)
43. と言っても (however; it (does not)mean(s), however)
44. 〜度（たび）に (every time (when) ...; every ...)
45. そもそも (in the first place; to begin with; originally)
46. いかにも〜そうだ (seems as if ...; really seems to ...)
47. 〜つつ (while ...)
48. 〜かける/〜かけのN (begin to do ...)
49. AにBを感（かん）じさせられる/考（かんが）えさせられる (be made to feel/think B by A)
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50. 〜まで (has even become ...; even ...)
51. 〜を通（とお）して(by means of ...; through ...; via ...)
52. 〜という (it is said that ...; they say ...)
53. 〜（点（てん））に一因（いちいん）/原因（げんいん）がある (one of the reasons why; A is the reason
why/cause for)
54. 〜が求（もと）められる (... is asked for/needed/required)
55. 〜なんて (it's incredible that)things like ...)
56. 〜につき (per ...)
57. 〜にも及（およ）ぶ/なる (reach(the extent that) ...; even become ...; even include
...)
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58. 〜を中心とする/〜を中心として (with ... as the center; centering on ...)
59. 〜が、なお〜 (..., but still ...)
60. 結果的（けっかてき）に (the end /result was that; end up ...; in the end)
61. 〜（の）をきっかけに/〜（の）をきっかけとして (as a result of ...; A was a trigger for B)
62. 疑問詞（ぎもんし）＋〜のだろう (I wonder why/what/how ...?; What/Why/Where/How do
I ...?)
63. （〜に）こだわりがある (be careful/concerned about; worry about)
64. 〜ほど（＝〜れば〜ほど） (the more ..., the more ...)
65. 〜にもかかわらず (despite ...; regardless of the fact that ...)
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66. たところ (when (something happened))
67. 〜をめぐる〜/〜をめぐって (concerning; in connection with; surrounding)
68. 〜（の）が目的（もくてき）で (with the objective of; with the aim of)
69. Aか、それともBか (A or else B)
70. めったに〜ない (rarely (any); seldom (any); hardly (any))
71. 〜になりかねない (cannot avoid becoming ..., / ... will mostly likely happen")
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72. 〜はず (should; would)
73. 〜だけではない (... is not the only one; ... is not all)
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74. 〜たって（＝ても） (even if/though ...)
75. 〜に違（ちが）いない (must)
76. 〜によって (depending on)
77. 〜がち (tend to...(undesirable tendency))
78. 何度（なんど）/どれほど〜（こと）か (how(often/much)...? (rhetorical question))
79. 〜ものなら (if someone/something is to ...; if ... was/were to ...)
