prior investment; upfront investment
rationalization; justification
law-like nature; regularity
charcoal making; charcoal maker; charcoal-roasted; charcoal-grilled
disparaging term; derogatory term; derogatory name
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
to fight a battle; to have a fight
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
odds and ends; all; every
guess; conjecture; surmise
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
fluent (in a language); flowing
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
patriarch; head of a family
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
carbonization; carbonisation
population (of animals, etc.); population size; number of individuals
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
all (there is); as long as there is