unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
class; heading; group; category
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
total sales; total proceeds
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
lightly; easily; carelessly
quality (of a product or a service)
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
for today; for the time being
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
transactions; dealings; business
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
personal; individual; private
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
tendency; trend; inclination
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
way of talking; speaking style
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain