intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
coexistence; living together
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
guardian; protector; patron; parent
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
observation; survey; watching
due form; official; formality
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
impossible; unlikely; improbable
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that