famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
periodic; regular; routine
research institute; (research) laboratory
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
ignition; combustion; firing a blank cartridge; discharge of a gun without bullets; firing (of an event); triggering
science institute; scientific laboratory
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
guard; security guard; security officer
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
rubbing (someone) the wrong way; irritating (someone)