This is the place where Fusanosuke writes about her love for Japanese language and anything that relates to it.
甘い話; うまい話 【うまいはなし】 (n) too good to be true stories (offers) (e.g. scams and frauds)
うまい話にはウラがある -- there is always a catch to smth good.
甘い 【あまい】 (exp,adj-i) (1) (uk) sweet; delicious
ウラ --- うら --- 裏 --- back, reverse side
知合い 知り合い --- しりあい --- acquaintance
親しい友達 ---したしいともだち --- best friend
親友 --- しんゆう --- the very best friend
drinking buddy:
飲み友達 --- のみともだち ---
飲み仲間 --- のみなかま ---
A really amusing way of describing your friends in Japanese 
Intermediate Lesson #2 - Meet Hideo and Mel!
まさか --- unbelievable
The first time I noticed this expression was in manga: story by 橘紅緒 (Tachibana Vineo) and art by 宝井理人 (Takarai Rihito)
page 45:
Drama CD: Seven Days Monday - Thursday
track 1 MONDAY --- 16'17''-16'20''
how awesomely 中村悠一 (Nakamura Yuuichi) says this まさか 、 .... ね .... [!!!!!!]
manga vol.2 .
Sometime during the class the word 問題 came up and I immediately thought of the manga I knew:
問題 --- もんだい --- problem
manga:
by 今 市子(Ima Ichiko)
大人 --- おとな --- adult
化け物 --- ばけもの--- monster
I already knew the word, but still being stupid and forgetful I had to look it up while reading the manga: 銀の風 遠い刻 by 小田切ほたる (Odagiri Hotaru)
**facepalm** though now I guess I remembered it for life
page 19:
ワンワン、ニャンニャン
manga:
by 天咲吉実 (Amasaki Yoshimi)
it really explains the title of the manga by Amasaki Yoshimi - usually translated as Dog x Cat ^___^
and there are drama CDs based on both volumes
I have not yet listen them, but now I want to!
