chief; main; principal; important
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to wring the neck; to strangle
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
finishing in one go; completing in one sitting; (doing something) in a single breath
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
making efficient; optimization
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
to keep in mind; to memorize
cash bonus; reward; bounty
sense of relief; feeling of relief
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
to backfire; to have a harmful result
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
deterioration (in quality, performance, etc.); degradation; worsening; (visible) aging; becoming unattractive (due to aging)
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
to burrow through; to dig through
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator