sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to triumph; to be elated with success
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
close to the wall; alongside the wall
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
as expected; as predicted
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
consumption; expenditure; spending
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
memory; sense; experience
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
pierced; drilled; perforated; hollow
minimum; at the very least
damply; moistly; clammily; gloomily; miserably