in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
then; well; so; well then
principal occupation; core business
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
university hospital; teaching hospital
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
professor; teaching; instruction
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
ignoring (someone); ostracizing; leaving (someone) out
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
gar (any fish of family Lepisosteidae); garfish; garpike
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
pseudo-romance; pseudo (mock) love affair
genius; prodigy; natural gift
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
had better ...; had better not ...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)