to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
honorific/polite/humble prefix
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to bring; to take; to bring about
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
competitor; contestant; player; athlete
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
rather; sooner; preferably
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
acceptee; accepted candidate; person who has passed (e.g. a test); passer-by; transiter
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
being the runner-up; finishing second