in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
burlesque; low comedy; farce
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
sender; source (of a transmission, e.g. email)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
meteor swarm; meteor shower
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
employment (long term); hire
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
honor; honour; credit; prestige