proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
old house; deserted house
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
putting life into; animating; cheering up
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
terrible luck; very bad luck
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
also known as; also called
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset