acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
trio; gang of three; threesome
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to unfold; to unroll; to open
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting