advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to lead someone around by the nose
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to be lacking in options; to be too few
penalty; sentence; punishment
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
chance (of success); odds
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
legal adviser; legal advisor; corporation lawyer; family lawyer
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
member (esp. of a criminal organization); gang member; gangster; yakuza; crime syndicate member
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
it's no joke; gimme a break!
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
incoming telephone call; telegram received
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
but; however; provided that