contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to refuse; to decline; to deny
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
overflowing with charm; full of smiles
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
baton (of command); order; command; direction
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
lifelike; exact resemblance
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
third day of the month; three days
hang in there; go for it; keep at it; do your best
catch (fishing); amount of fish caught; caught fish
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to call in; to invite; to bring in
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
unexpected meeting; coincidence
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
opposite; reverse; contrary
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated