high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
please (give me); please (do for me)
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
this and that; various things
to pass (of time); to elapse
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to steal; to rob; to take away
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to overcharge; to rip off
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion