director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
close; intimate; on good terms
to help each other; to cooperate
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
interest; rights; concession
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
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
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
pleasant feeling; good vibes
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength