flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
tide; current; tendency; trend
society; the world; the times
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
company; corporation; workplace
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
spare time; free time; leisure time
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
so; like this; in this way
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
student (esp. a university student)
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
than; from; out of; except; but; more
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
by means of; due to; because of; according to
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out