diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
price; cost; value; worth; value
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
scale; scope; plan; structure
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to smirk; to grin broadly
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
guess; conjecture; surmise
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to be nearing death; to be dying
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
imagination; supposition; guess
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched