linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
to distract one's attention
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to see; to look; to watch; to rule; to govern
to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover
Japanese man (esp. with traditional, masculine values); Japanese manhood
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
when it comes to; concerning
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
declaration; statement; proclamation
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
dirty; vulgar; nasty; offensive; disgusting
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from