main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
mediator; manager; caretaker
employment (long term); hire
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)
back seat (of a car); rear seat
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
contact area (of an electrical connection)
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
inspection; examination; check
brilliant; bright; dazzling
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
light; right; right field; right fielder
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
uncanny valley (hypothesis about humanoid robots)
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
language center (brain); language centre
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
hit-and-run accident causing property damage
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
my husband; one's family; family member
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar