identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
outward; superficial; external; apparent
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
jostle; struggle; scuffle
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
state of (mental) confusion (agitation)
soon; shortly; before long
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
agent; agent; secret agent; spy
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
all but dead; half killed
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
stay calm; don't be rushed; don't be flustered
anarchy; state of anarchy
to establish; to formulate
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
black cat; Yamato Transport (door-to-door delivery service company)
underground resistance (in wartime)
Guardians of the directions
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
purse; change purse; wallet
high-capacity; high-volume
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things