wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
dilettante; person of unusual tastes; person with strange hobbies; person of refined taste; connoisseur
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
to palm off; to force a sale
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
student (esp. a university student)
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
to creep about; to crawl around
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
schoolgirl; female student
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
dirty mind; conniving mind; self-interested thinking
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to