most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to watch steadily; to stare
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
professor; teaching; instruction
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
no!; no no!; no, not at all
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
simply; merely; only; solely
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
looking pale; looking unwell
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
clearing one's throat; cough
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
as a child; when one was a child
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate