current value; price; market value
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
extinction; annihilation; destruction
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
of course; certainly; naturally
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
troubled face; worried expression
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
rebellious phase; rebellious age
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
older brother and younger sister