great love; passionate affair
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
approval; license; licence; permission
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
Italian food; Italian cooking
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
mother; motherboard; Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
cutting an alcoholic beverage (usu. whisky or shōchū); diluting an alcoholic beverage; cut drink; diluted drink; watered-down drink
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
women's college; women's university
professor; teaching; instruction
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying