to keep watch (e.g. on a suspect); to be on the lookout (for); to spend a lot of money (on); to treat oneself (to); to paste; to stick
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
placing in a list (top ten, popularity, sales, etc.)
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety
invisibly; secretly; privately
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
hello; good day; good afternoon
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) pickled just overnight
soldier; combatant; warrior
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
gushing out (e.g. sweat or blood); flowing profusely; thump-thump; bang-bang; sound of hoofbeats
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
scrape-scrape; with a scraping sound
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe; not completely displeasing; fairly pleasing
matter causing distress; something causing worry
unprecedented; never seen before
to look around; to take a view of
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
listening device; bug; wiretap
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
interception (email); wiretap; bug
hostility; antagonism; opposition
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language