this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
stale; hackneyed; cliched
heart; guts; nerve; central part
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
call; summons; convening; convocation
at the meeting; on the occasion
circulation (esp. documents); sending round
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
accomplishment; execution
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
late at night; small hours of the morning
festival merrymaking; revelry
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)