superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
surroundings; environs; circumference
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
to employ; to hire; to charter
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
after school (at the end of the day)
studies; schoolwork; classwork
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
rather; sooner; preferably
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
confections; sweets; candy; cake
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to read the situation; to sense the mood
being very busy; busyness
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)