ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to be careful; to take the utmost care
gender; distinction of sex; sex
contradiction; inconsistency
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould); tooth mark; teeth marks
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
proposal; proposition; suggestion
postponement; deferment; adjournment
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to look forward to something
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to be postponed; to be deferred; to be delayed
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
condition; situation; prospects
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to take (be in) charge of
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary