first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
this and that; such and such
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
selection; choice; picking out
to gather; to collect; to assemble
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
wherein; therein; thereinto
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
visitor; attendee; spectator; guest; audience
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
the place for; the time for; the level of
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to this extent; to this degree; this much
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
mass communication; mass media
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up