dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
mini-; miniskirt; mini-skirt
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)