hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
in terms of; from the point of view of
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
fashion sense; sense of fashion
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
actual expenses; out-of-pocket expenses; cost price
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
fairyland; never-never land
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
promising; hopeful; full of promise
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
self-; from (a time or place)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
normal practice; proper practice
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour