most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
time; season; period; phase; stage
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
that's the way it is; such is life
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to get one's head around; to think about
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to make use of; to lend money
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
each (every) time; whenever
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage