important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
company; corporation; workplace
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
author; writer; novelist; artist
good prospects; full of hope; promising
exclusive; attached to; specialist
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
already; now; no longer; not any more
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
hit (film, song, book, etc.); bestseller; blockbuster
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
now; the present time; just now; another; more
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
don't you think?; indicates question
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)