direct connection; direct link
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
no matter what; whatever happens; under any circumstances; never
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
separate; respective; different
very much; very many; more and more
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
possible; probable; likely; preferable; desirable
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
named after; associated with; connected with
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front