to collect; to assemble; to gather
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
weight training; muscle training
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
battle royal (pro wrestling); battle royale (game genre)
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
revolution; cataclysm; drastic change
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
trivial; not amounting to much
to talk; to chat; to chatter
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
these guys; these fellows
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
to feel; to sense; to experience
soldier; combatant; warrior
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed