exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
sleeping powder; sleeping drug; narcotic; anaesthetic; anesthetic
to dispose of; to sell off
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
ten (long cylindrical things)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to bring back; to restore
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
in accordance with; according to
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
useful thing; usable article
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
whenever you want; any time you like
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)