poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
nice; likeable; desirable
notice; attention; observation
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
theatre; theater; playhouse
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it
libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
that's true; of course; obviously
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
that is to say; so that means
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction