open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
place; room; margin; scope
don't you think?; indicates question
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
anything and everything; just about everything
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
go that far; to that extent
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
box cutter; utility knife
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest
silence (not speaking); muteness
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved