simply put; putting it simply; in short
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
library (usu. single-room); small library
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
doctors; teachers; lawyers
question; inquiry; enquiry
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
adventure story; novel of adventure
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love); floriography
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
way; method; means; resource; course
weather; fair weather; fine weather
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
investigation; research; looking something up
making out; necking; canoodling; fondling; flirting
to get distracted; to jump off the track
trifling; trivial; slight
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
synchronization; synchronized swimming
society; public; community; social studies
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force