castle (in place names); castle; fortress
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
interior design; interior; upholstery
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
on the occasion of; at the time of
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
after that; afterwards; thereafter
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient