company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
in terms of; from the point of view of
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
militarism; warlike spirit
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
national character; regional character
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
most part; greater part; majority