best friend; very close friend
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
chief for the day (PR event in which a celebrity heads a police, fire, etc. department for a day)
food; food products; foodstuffs
hygiene; sanitation; cleanliness; toilet; restroom; bathroom
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
transfer fee (for a player)
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to not take seriously; to take lightly
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
faith will move mountains
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
gesture; gesticulation; motion
joining a political party
to stop midway; to interrupt
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
starting line (in a race); start line; starting point
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)