to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
cooperation; collaboration
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
one person; another name; nickname; alias
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
to gather; to collect; to assemble
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to order; to command; to appoint
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
having gone too far to turn back
cooperation; collaboration
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
materials; data; document
printout; (computer) printing
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
form; method; system; formula
club budget; club expense
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
seemingly good; (of) good appearance; looking good
revised budget; supplementary budget
promising without due consideration
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
public and private; official and personal; government and people
confusion; mixing; merger
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan