to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
future (usually near); prospects
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
every month; each month; monthly
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
many; much; plenty; hardly
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
resignation; acceptance; consolation
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to shut in; to confine; to contain
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
settlement; solution; resolution
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky