safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party
Japan Business Federation; Keidanren
president (of a society); chairman
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
attendance; presence; appearance
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
such; this sort of; like this
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
until now; so far; up to the present
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
good feeling; feeling good
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)