close associate; close aide; brains-truster
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
suppuration; festering; coming to head
attendance (at school); going to school
to pass away; to join the majority; (lit.) to enter the death register
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
warp; curvature; curve; arch
school building; schoolhouse
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
sea of blood; pool of blood
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
spinal fluid; gray matter; grey matter
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate
of course; certainly; naturally