such ... as; or some such
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to make merry; to be festive
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
shopping; purchased goods
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to pay the bill; to settle an account
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to head home; to leave for home
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
commerce; trade; business
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
individual; private person; personal; private
shop; small store; business; firm
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
reconciliation; make peace with
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
parent-child relationship
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
meaning; significance; sense
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
in the same manner as before; the same as always
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled