knowing; (an) acquaintance
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
practice; practising; experience
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
place; room; margin; scope
to prevent; to take precautions
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
(a place) out of one's reach
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about