unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
prayer for school success
safety (well-being) of one's family; peace and prosperity in the household
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
marriage; marriage tie; love knot
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
January; first month of the lunar calendar
new book; new publication
day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
end of broadcast; sign-off
degree of attention; profile
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
the very best; excellent; superb
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
sympathy; empathy; response
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
way; method; means; resource; course
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example