hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
script; screenplay; scenario
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
private affairs; personal matter
pornographic photo book; erotic photo book; pornographic comic book; hentai comic book
struggle (for); scramble; contest
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
symbol; code; sign; notation
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
man; male; masculine gender
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
such; like that; that sort of; very
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
every year; yearly; annually
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
school festival; campus festival
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
fair and square; open and aboveboard