highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
deep affection; devotion; profound attachment
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
suitable or moderate temperature
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
frequent appearance; frequent occurrence
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
how many people; a number of people
tool; implement; means; furniture
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up