effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
questions and answers; dialogue
(brute) force; using all one's might
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
clanging; empty; deserted
stegosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Stegosauria)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
muahaha (laughter); mwahahaha; bahaha; bwahaha
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting); vital point
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...