obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to discuss; to talk together
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
attacker (esp. in volleyball)
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
telling (on someone); tattling; snitching
young man (between 15 and 25 years old)
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
close; intimate; on good terms
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
in that way; like that; that way
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
war; fighting; fierce competition
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)