popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to become an expert; to be a master (of)
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
home; household; family; hearth
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
such; like that; that sort of
desire for marriage; marriage aspiration; yearning for marriage
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
family-oriented; familial
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
bento; Japanese box lunch
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial