ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
state governor; governor of a state
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
chat; desultory conversation
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
interested person; volunteer; supporter
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
imported article; imported goods
to hand over; to surrender
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
to gather; to collect; to assemble
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
fragment; one of the group or party