department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
line; queue; procession; matrix
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
industrialist; entrepreneur
love triangle; eternal triangle
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
article; news story; report; account
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
and yet; though; when; in spite of
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing