to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to taste; to try (food or drink)
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
choice; selection; option
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
general; popular; common; typical
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education); having completed no schooling beyond junior high school; middle school graduate
university graduate; having graduated from university
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
if you ask me ...; as for ...
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
chalk; choke (hold); choke (of an engine)
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every