prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
one act (of a play); scene; event
to mark the end; to spell the end
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
legally ordered autopsy; court-ordered autopsy
drama queen; (lit.) tragic heroine
within the family; in the home; domestic
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story); rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
between times; when there's a spare moment
guess; speculation; supposition
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
around the clock; day and night
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
evening; evening (of a special event); last night; yesterday evening
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)