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Compared to; When compared to

No matter how; However much (one tries); Even if ~

no matter how much; however much; even if; no matter how

Depends on; Changes depending on; Differ depending on

Quite; considerably; pretty; fairly; to a large extent

so much that; to such an extent that; too ... to ... (to the point of)

For that reason; No wonder; As you'd expect; Naturally; Thus; This is why

It isn’t that ...; It isn’t the case that ...; It’s not like ...; It doesn’t necessarily mean that ...

At the same time as; The instant; The moment; As well as; Simultaneously

Almost, nearly; About to, on the verge of; I was just about to ... (but something happened)

because; but; even though; I heard/it was said that; even or also

I heard that; He/She said that; They say that

(Not) involved with; (Not) concerned with; (No) connection with; (No) relationship with; (Not) related to

Related to; About; Regarding; Concerning

In contrast to; While; In regard to; Whereas

to the extent that; so...that; about the only thing that...

Approximately this much; About this amount; To this extent; This much is about the limit

All right; There we go; Now; You see; Well (I don’t know, let me see)

filler used to gain attention or soften a statement; you know, well, listen; uh, hmm; you see, so...; come on, now

Casual sentence-ending particle さ; Rough masculine emphasis or assertion; Adds a laid-back, matter-of-fact tone with a softer encouragement when followed by よ

each; respectively; in turn