number one; first; best; most; game; round
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
consequence; outcome; result; blame
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
such; like that; that sort of; very
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
now; the present time; just now; another; more
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
forcibly; against one's will