absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
sentimental; sentimentality
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
urge; demand; importunity
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
unprecedented; record-breaking
ambitious (heroic) undertaking; daring enterprise; grand scheme
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
technical advisor; expert advisor
critical point (temperature)
penetration; permeation; transmission
polarized light; polarised light; polarization; polarisation
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation