investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
preference; priority; precedence
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
considerably; fairly; quite
internal conditions; true state of affairs
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
set of three; three sets; three classes
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to chase; to run after; to pursue
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
district; section; sector
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style