nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to knead well; to polish; to refine
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
falsely similar; counterfeit
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
order; sequence; procedure
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
specialization; specialisation