death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
placing in a list (top ten, popularity, sales, etc.)
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
annual (plant); first-year student
bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
in accordance with; according to
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
honorific/polite/humble prefix
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why