friendly relations; social relations; social life
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
lowercase letter; small letter
prime factorization; prime decomposition
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
bad news; news of a death; death notice
missing link (e.g. transitional fossil)
beautiful well-proportioned woman (body 8 times longer than head)
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
old relationship; old acquaintance
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
staying up all night two nights in a row; double all-nighter
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry
declaration; statement; proclamation
manifestation; public show; showing conspicuously
things at hand; personal belongings
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
in perfect form; going swimmingly
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
to have a meal together; to sit at table
to cower in fear; to be scared; to be nervous
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)