comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
faint memory; vague memory; dim memory; vague recollection
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to take flight; to disappear
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
remittance fraud; bank transfer scam
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
wild beast; wild animal; brute
text entry; character entry
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
without omission; in full
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
brown envelope; manila envelope
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
personal delivery; handing over in person
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
amulet or talisman issued by a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1834-1901)
100,000; hundred thousand
to throw down the drain; to waste
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject