favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.)
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
cartoon-character costume
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
live music or performance
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
by myself; in person; by oneself
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
regular time; stated period
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
while; during; while; although; all; both
determination; resolution
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to recall; to remember; to recollect
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)