convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
starting point; starting line
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
country living; life in the country; country life
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
none of your business; not your concern
different opinion; objection
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
alone; by oneself; on one's own
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
sudden; abrupt; improvised; hasty; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
splitting the bill (usu. evenly); splitting the check; paying one's own expenses; going Dutch
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
atmospheric pressure; air pressure; atmosphere (unit of pressure)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
latest information; latest news; update
melancholy; gloom; depression
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
(suffering) damage; injury; harm