cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
only; merely; but; no more than
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
musical composition; melody writing; song writing
rehearsal; rehabilitation
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
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.)
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something