left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to object; to protest; to speak; to say; (arch.) hello!; (arch.) is anyone home?
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
down-market; popular; mass-market
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
matter of time; question of time
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
planning; plan; project; arrangements
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to do (something) before (something or someone else); to be ahead of (others, the times, etc.)
fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste); fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to be intimate with; to befriend
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
Japan and the West; Japanese style and Western style