superior; excellent; fine
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
innocent; blameless; guiltless
innocence; being not guilty
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
firm; strong; solid; stable
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
integrated circuit; IC; interchange
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
murder; homicide; manslaughter
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
to turn towards; to point
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
(I) won't (say) anything no matter what (expression is followed by negative verb relating to say, answer, etc.) to not (tell) even under any threat