large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
cash bonus; reward; bounty
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
function; facility; faculty; feature
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
complexion; colour; color; blood red
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
try; attempt; try (rugby)
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
end; tip; extremities; terminal
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
advanced level; high grade; senior
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
scramble intersection; pedestrian scramble; X-crossing; diagonal crossing; intersection allowing pedestrians to cross simultaneously in any direction
world; society; people; the public
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)