puppy; whelp; magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
wasted effort; fruitless effort; vain efforts
appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal
maid; helper; help; assistance
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
your husband; her husband
head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
lineage; line; unification; all (of you)
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
the world in general; society; convention
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
good family; respectable family; decent family
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to enrich; to make wealthy
personality; character; individuality; personhood
form; method; system; formula
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; taking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
conceiving (an idea); thinking up; invention; original idea; new idea
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
seeming dangerous; risky; unsafe; chancy; unsteady; clumsy
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
reading-book; reader; guidebook; textbook (esp. a pre-war elementary school Japanese language textbook)
as stated; verbatim; literally
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
observation; survey; watching