king of the hill; king of the castle; king of the mountain
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique
to intend; to be sure that
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
item; commodity; list of articles
variety of goods; number of articles
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
extremely busy; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
too many cooks spoil the broth; (lit.) too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
first time; first; initial
(Western-style) banquet; formal dinner
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
elderly handyman; elderly manservant
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration