hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
financials; on the funding (capital) side
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
January; first month of the lunar calendar
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
second day of the month; two days
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
how; in what way; by what means