mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
thorough; exhaustive; complete
king; monarch; ruler; champion
fate; destiny; predestination
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)
taste; liking; preference
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
to hide; to keep to oneself
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
care for the aged; elderly care; aged care
true state; actual condition; reality
controversial work (art, literature, etc.); work that caused public criticism; work of art dealing with contemporary questions; succès de scandale
foreign cinema; foreign film; a foreign movie
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
field survey; field work (research); on-the-spot investigation
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road