to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
instability; insecurity; crankiness
illusion; fallacy; delusion
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
trio; gang of three; threesome
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)