metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
impossible; unlikely; improbable
business use; business purposes
summer vacation; summer holiday
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
one more time; once more; once again
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
Japan's best; number one in Japan
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation)
villain; baddie; the villain's part
wrestler (esp. pro wrestler)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
match; game; bout; contest
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to beat to death; to kill
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
to capture public interest; to enjoy popularity
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town