alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
conference room; council room
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
whole story; full picture; full particulars
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
to gather; to collect; to assemble
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
right side; right-hand side
left side; left-hand side
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
lecture hall; lecture room
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
reconciliation (with one's spouse, adopted child, etc.)
ex-husband; former husband
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
interference; intervention; meddling
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody