as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
favor; favour; patronage; support; backing; recommendation
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
you (plural); all of you; you all
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
head of a sleeping person
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
to side with the winner; to ride (someone's) coattails; to get on the bandwagon
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to understand from experience
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
halo (of a Buddhist statue); nimbus
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
installment; instalment; premium; bill
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
to force open; to push open