opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
to explain adequately; to be accountable
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
cram school; private tutoring school
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
neighbourhood; neighborhood
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
sunrise; half-melon shaped bun
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
human relations; personal relationships
vague; unclear; elusive; hazy
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)