sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
bento; Japanese box lunch
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
whereabout; about where; how much
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
rather; sooner; preferably
leaping through time; time travel
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
eccentric; crank; oddball
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to be pleased with; to suit
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
sports-minded; sports-oriented
cyborg; cybernetic organism
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus, species of Indo-Pacific perciform fish)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
matter of time; question of time
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask
person who is genuinely gay (i.e. not pretending)