top hundred; hundred best
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
curse; spell; malediction
source of worry; source of distress
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
one's daughter and heiress
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
power; might; authority; influence
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
taste; liking; preference
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile