to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
primary school; elementary school; grade school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
close; intimate; on good terms
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
story; tale; talk; discussion
on bad terms; at loggerheads
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up