to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
brothers (usu. in company, etc. names)
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
(period of) a year; during an era
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
summer vacation; summer holiday
sense of loss; feeling of loss
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
press; print shop; printing office
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
changing one's (public) persona; changing one's (public) image
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
different type of business; different occupation
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused