hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
mistress; lover; prostitute
all night long; all through the night
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
immediately; at once; instantly
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to grumble about something (trivial)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; painful to look at
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
now that; since; so long as; because
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
one or two; a few; small number
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to be needed; to be wanted
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
even if; even though; however; no matter how
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness