to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
platform; home; home base; home plate
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
to live; to reside; to inhabit
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
formal marriage interview
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)