seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
close; intimate; on good terms
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
silence; stillness; quietness
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
on bad terms; at loggerheads
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on