close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
perfectly in sync; in step (dancing); on the same wavelength
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
close; intimate; on good terms
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
discovery; detection; finding
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
flour; meal; powder; heroin
prince on a white horse; knight on a white horse; Prince Charming
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
first meeting; first interview with
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped