friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to approach; to draw near
homo-; homo; (male) homosexual; homozygote; homozygous; homogenization; Homo (genus of primates that includes modern humans)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
junior high school student; middle school pupil
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
why; how; for what reason
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
this world; this life; world of the living
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
woman; lady; adult female
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all