hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to give directions; to issue instructions
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
starting late; late departure
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
ingredient; component; composition
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
until now; so far; up to the present
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
by means of; due to; because of; according to
murder; homicide; manslaughter
almost; roughly; approximately
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained