romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
Mars (god); Mars (planet)
quick work; (clever) feat
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
matrimonial happiness; happy marriage
illegal dumping; fly-tipping
expiration of a term; becoming overdue
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
sales message; sales copy
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
smoothly; easily; readily
dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
brown envelope; manila envelope