solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
signature phrase; signature saying
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
rather; better; instead; if anything
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to be silent; to say nothing
exclusive; attached to; specialist
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
power; might; authority; influence
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign