in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
someone (something) not to be trifled with
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
completely; entirely; wholly
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
matter of time; question of time
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
within; inside of; less than
it's no joke; gimme a break!
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent