sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
ranking table (e.g. sports league)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
time; season; period; phase; stage
unable to focus on ... (due to being preoccupied with something else); unable to concentrate on ...; unable to settle down to ...
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
library (usu. single-room); small library
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
consultation office; information center; bureau; agency
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
boy; son; baby boy; young man
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to be late; to be unpunctual
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)