chief; main; principal; major
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
document case; letter tray
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
lump-sum purchase; bulk purchase; group purchase
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination; analysis; postmortem
lack of sleep; sleep deprivation
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint
personal delivery; handing over in person
examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed; investigation (e.g. of a crime scene)
technical term; terminology; jargon
skim reading; reading a text diagonally (to reveal a hidden word or message)
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
obstinate; stubborn; inflexible
established practice; custom
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
independence; self-reliance
to have a bitter experience
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
speculation; thinking; meditation