wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
writing; composition; essay; sentence
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
Mars (Roman god); Mars (planet)
quick work; (clever) feat
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
matrimonial happiness; happy marriage
unlawful dumping (e.g. of garbage)
expiration of a term; becoming overdue
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
sales message; sales copy
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by