passion; ardor; enthusiasm; The Passion
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
resolute; determined; bold
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
to offer a (monetary) prize
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
ability score (as in RPGs); attribute value
downward adjustment; downward revision
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
promotion (e.g. sales, etc.); marketing campaign; campaign (election, membership, enrolment, fund-raising, etc.); drive; military campaign; military action
branch office; branch store
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
woman; lady; adult female
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
advertising jingle; song used in a commercial
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)