essential; important; crucial; vital; main
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
fashion sense; sense of fashion
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
expected value; expectation; expectations; expectation value (in quantum mechanics)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
one (thing); one piece; one item
self-important; important-looking; pompous; proud; conceited; snobbish
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
social meeting place; watering hole
public hall; community center; community centre
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
audio feedback; acoustic feedback; howl
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
determination; resolution
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)