makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
secret; private; surreptitious
club activities; extracurricular activities
act of mercy; helping another person
silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death)
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
bubbliness (of a carbonated drink); sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink); fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to make one's heart flutter
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
hegemony; leadership; initiative
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
component; component stereo
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
read-only memory; ROM; lurker (on a forum); read-only member
cassette (tape); game cartridge
(for) household use; home use; domestic use
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up