odd; strange; queer; peculiar
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
repeater (telecommunications); repeat customer; regular customer; person who does the same (negative) act repeatedly
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
branch office; branch store
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
loveable; very likeable; like very much
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
foreign; abroad; overseas
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
two-family house; house for a two-generation family
bargain; good buy; budget
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
riding together; riding with
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
real estate agent; realtor