formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
time; season; period; phase; stage
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
completion; perfection; accomplishment
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
clerk; office worker; office staff
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
testimony; (verbal) evidence
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
confidence; trust; faith; credit
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
sorry; excuse me; thank you
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)