spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
even more; still more; further
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
tradition; legend; folklore
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
degree of familiarity; popularity
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
anything and everything; just about everything
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
trivial; not amounting to much
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
preference; priority; precedence
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
sea of fire; sea of flame
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
fortune-telling; divination
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
incompetent; have no merit
besides; in addition; also; moreover