greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
different culture; foreign culture
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
greater than ...; bigger ...
notice; attention; observation
to gather; to collect; to assemble
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
(not) even once; (not) ever
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
rare (or peculiar) animal
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
silence; stillness; quietness
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
difference between the sexes; sexual difference
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
television program; TV program
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)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
control; check; restraint; inhibition
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
question; inquiry; enquiry
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image