harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
wages; pay; rental payment
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
shooter; vaccinator; inoculator; drummer (taiko, etc.)
congratulation; celebration
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
right (to do something); authority; power
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
leisure time; idle moment
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait