announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
stomach ache; abdominal pain
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
secret intelligence; underground information; confidential information; inside information
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
pending question; unresolved problem
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; maker (person or device that makes something)
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
smallish; on the small side
neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
how many years; how long; what year
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
hobbit (in J.R.R. Tolkien's works); The Hobbit (film series)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
irregular employment; non-fulltime employment; non-regular; irregular; subnormal (number); denormal
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort