enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
name; given name; first name
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Gulliver; preeminent example of its kind
to name; to call; to christen; to term
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
canon (i.e. the Biblical canon)
masterpiece; masterwork; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
gossip; corner of the mouth
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
once in a while; occasionally; at long intervals