business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
in the same way as; just like
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
(social) class; rank; grade
when it becomes; when it comes to
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
change of mind; inconstancy; apostasy
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge