feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
(distinction of) sex; gender
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
lack of evidence; insufficient evidence
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
to indicate; to show; to point to
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
mix; mixture; (pre-made) mix; cake mix; mixed; mixed doubles team
android; artificial human; robot
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
research institute; (research) laboratory
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
prospects of victory; chances of success
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to declare confidently; to declare proudly; to declare dramatically; to strike a pose (for dramatic effect)
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live in luxury; to be proud; to be haughty
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
intuition; instinct; hunch
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
dilapidated house; deserted house
at first; in the beginning; originally
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
(about) ninety percent (finished, complete, etc.); nearly; almost; almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
fast asleep; dead to the world