public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
work sent to a competition; competition entry
life; living; I; me; student
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
ten (long cylindrical things)
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
personification; anthropomorphization
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
front; frontage; facade; main
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
tendency; trend; inclination
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way