matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
patient; unhurried; leisurely
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
have a good day; take care; see you
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to comfort; to console; to amuse
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
appointment; rendezvous; date
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
lost article; something forgotten
to triumph; to be elated with success
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
(being) over capacity; overloading; overbooking
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
otherwise; if not; or else
loveable; very likeable; like very much
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
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)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
light; right; right field; right fielder
middle of the night; dead of night
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects