special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
memories; recollections; reminiscence
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
superior; excellent; fine
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
down to earth; reasonable
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
something like ...; something called ...
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
supply; provision; raising; procurement
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
assertion; declaration; affirmation
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
everywhere; all over; throughout
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
(the degree of) self-sufficiency (e.g. in oil)
export; exportation; efferent
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
on one hand; on the other hand
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly