circuitous; roundabout; indirect
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to have a talk; to tell a story
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
genuine article; real thing; real deal
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
last night; yesterday evening
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
real intention; true motive; true meaning
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
sympathy; empathy; response
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation