to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to put on airs; to assume importance
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
it's not like; it isn't as if
lately; recently; nowadays
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
troublesome; annoying; complicated
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
degenerate; pervert; deviant
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
treatment; service; handling; management
double-edged; double-edged blade
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
material; substance; matter
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
globular shape; spherical shape
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle