necessary expenses; due charges; tax deductible expenses
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
mean (greedy) about money; stingy
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
absence; disregard; indifference
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
pleased to make your acquaintance
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
mediation; intercession; smoothing over
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)
true character; real nature
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
launch (of a rocket, satellite, etc.); lift-off; end (of a project, theatrical run, etc.); close; party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (run of performances, etc.); wrap party
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to carry around; to carry on one's person
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to talk about someone behind their back; to backbite
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play