if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to employ; to hire; to charter
early (days); initial stage; initial
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
overall victory; championship
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
infectious disease; infection
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
to jar; to creak; to grate
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
another school; other schools
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
comfort; consolation; diversion
just a minute; small quantity
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
not necessarily so; is not always true
unanticipated; unexpected