sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
great pairing (e.g. of food and wine); marriage; wedded life; wedding
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
female proprietress (of a bar, etc.); mother; housewife; (female) pet owner; pet parent
bottle of spirits that a bar customer buys, writes his name on, keeps on a shelf at the bar, and drinks little by little on successive visits
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
dial-style (e.g. of phones)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
personal identification number; PIN; password number
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
murder; homicide; manslaughter
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
card (with a message written on it)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
again; once more; a second time
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute