commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
examination; investigation; prosecution
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
change in a bus route; change in policy; policy change (reversal)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
to repeat; to do something over again
caller; visitor; company; guest
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
disorder; chaos; confusion
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
to be dispersed; to get separated
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to let out a cry; to shout
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
illegal; illicit; unlawful
clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)