stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to get angry; to get mad; to be angular; to be square
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
interior; inside; internal
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
classification; categorization; sorting
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
welcome; (warm) reception
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
to become an expert; to be a master (of)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
start button (e.g. in Windows)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
outsider; someone outside of a group
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze