top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
contest; comparison; competition
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
at first; in the beginning; originally
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
boarding; board; meals; catering; cook
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
ten; 10; ten years of age
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
Poaceae (family comprising the true grasses); Gramineae
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
(United States of) America; USA
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
nutritional value; food value
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice; black rice
to name; to call; to christen; to term
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence