favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
personal (employee); employed; retained
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
recommendation; referral; endorsement
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
(degree of) public interest in forthcoming event or performance; advance reviews
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to collect; to assemble; to gather
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
with a fixed time; with a deadline
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
naturally; of course; understandably
to have a reason; to have an excuse
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
customary; conventional; traditional; usual
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
appointment; assignment; promotion
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to lay aside; to set aside
to have a rumor circulating
on the occasion of; at the time of