top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
to impose a punishment (on); to punish
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
continental state (e.g. Australia)
finger marks; dirt from the hands
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
reign; being on the throne
domestically produced; domestic; Japanese-made
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
to be manageable; to be able to handle
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
trip abroad; overseas travel
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
repentance; confession; penitence
appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)