check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
going through; going via; going by way of
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
make no progress; remain unsettled
there being no use in arguing (about it)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
prickling; stinging; tingling
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
audiovisual; adult video; porn video; pornographic video
rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
lower region; lower part; region below
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
surely; certainly; without doubt
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)