pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
one-by-one; separately; in detail
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
great many; ever so many; any number; as few or as many (as you like); whether large or small
to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
very; much; greatly; a lot of
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
use; utilization; utilisation; application
person who prefers sweet things to alcoholic drinks; person with a sweet tooth
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
sweet tooth; love of sweet things
world; society; people; the public
oppression; suppression; pressure
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
manly; masculine; like a man
reason; cause; circumstances
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
private; exclusive; secret
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
impact of publicity or propaganda
degree of familiarity; popularity
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
in the end; at the end of the day