every year; yearly; annually
established practice; custom
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)
unidentified flying object; UFO
authenticity; credibility
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine