interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
personality; style; appearance
old friend; old acquaintance
very; extremely; excessively
with a whoosh; quickly (moving); instantaneously
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
foundation stone; cornerstone
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing
afterglow; lingering light
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
rod; pole; stick; fishing rod
no loss or gain; coming out even
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
shopping street; shopping district
permeation (e.g. of water); percolation; seepage
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
not worth considering; out of the question
to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to)
the "a" column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
counter seat; seat at the counter
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
take-out; take-away; carry-out
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
hair (of the head); pubic hair
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)