first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
reality; actuality; hard fact
of course; certainly; naturally
main question; real issue at hand
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
right to know; right to access information
study; pursuit of knowledge
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
close; intimate; on good terms
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up