painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
(skill of) making funny faces; facial performance
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter