priority level; degree of relative priority
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
confidentially; privately; off the record
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
to be fated; to be linked by fate
to suppress one's emotions
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
overestimation; overrating; overvaluing
passenger; rider; good rider
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
order; command; directions; instructions
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
everybody; every last one of them; all
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
savage; wild; unruly; to behave roughly; to get wild
Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
dish of simmered soybeans and vegetables
largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus); scabbard fish; beltfish
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
it seems so; that's what it looks like
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
contact; touch; contact lens
to make a note (of); to take a note (of)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting