growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
to manage something successfully; to be successful
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
boastful speech; bragging
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
birth; creation; formation
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
without exaggeration; truthful; factual
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
difficult to ...; hard to ...
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
to speak ill of; to disparage
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
surely; certainly; without doubt
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
tone (of voice); manner of talking