soccer player; football player; footballer
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
low-priced; cheap; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
den of thieves; brothel; red-light district
predicament; difficult situation
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
trade; buying and selling
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
the people; citizens; the populace
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
precarious situation; precarious state
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
curtain; hanging; veil (of darkness, mystery, etc.); mantle
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
to step forward; to volunteer
broad; vast; boundless; wide
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
school badge; school emblem; school insignia
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
in this kind of situation
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations