purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
to press against each other; to huddle together
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
drifting; drift; being adrift
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number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
the same ship; taking the same ship
cruise; navigation; sailing
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
course; route; path; process; means
palatial residence; stately mansion
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
close-up; bringing attention (to); bringing to the fore; putting under close scrutiny
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
follow-up report; further news