superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
time around sunset; early evening
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
trivial; not amounting to much
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
(not so) much; (not) very
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
physical work; manual labour (labor)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
breath; breathing; tone; mood
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position