association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
in good health; alive and well; going strong
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to do for (the sake of someone else)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to detain; to check; to restrain
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
affiliated company; affiliated business
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances