I booked a flight ticket for my trip next week.

He made a donation to the local school.

I donated to the local library.

Mr./Ms. Minoshima is my best friend.

He believes in the ways of heaven and lives by surrendering himself to the flow of nature.

Yorunobu has decided to quit smoking.

He said 'friend' as a noun ending for me.

He paid hush money to the police.

This road is a dead end, so we have to find another way.

He used that information to threaten me.