above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
story; tale; talk; discussion
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
period of time; time slot; time zone
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to have a talk; to tell a story
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing