harmless (remark, topic, etc.); inoffensive; safe; bland; neutral (attitude); noncommittal (reply)
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
ability; capability; skill
business discussion; negotiation
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to be enchanted; to be charmed
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
again; once more; a second time
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
estimate (of costs); budget
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
household economy; family finances
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
repeater; repeat customer; regular customer; person who does the same (negative) act repeatedly
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
branch office; branch store
form; shape; figure; morph
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law