author; writer; novelist; artist
confusion; distraction; derangement
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to run a shop; to have a shop
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
demotion; relegation; downgrading
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
to control; to command; to get the better of
make good use of; make the most of
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
to smash; to break into pieces
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
(satirical) cartoon; caricature; humorous illustration
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
comic strip with dramatic story
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
death (and entering the hereafter)
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class