worst; worst-case (scenario)
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
synchronization; synchronized swimming
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
few decades; many decades; several decades
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
order; command; life; destiny; fate
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
all sorts of; all kinds of
to employ; to hire; to charter
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
family tradition; (arch.) wind blowing from the direction of one's home
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
husband and wife; married couple
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
to think of; to come up with
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to manage something successfully; to be successful
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina