north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
brewery (sake, soy); brewer; (arch.) warehouse overseer
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
script; screenplay; scenario
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
human kindness; human weakness
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
ornamental ridge-end tile
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
document; reportage; documentary; documentation
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
(emotional) backbone; support; backbone (of a network)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
while; even though; despite
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that