boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to change completely; to change suddenly
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
personal; individual; private
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
equality; impartiality; evenness
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion; excommunication
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
chicken-hearted; lily-livered; cowardly
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to spit out; to eject; to dump
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
two shot; photograph of two people (usu. male and female); photograph of a couple; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service that randomly connects two people for a conversation
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)