calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
in line with this; therefore
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
constant; invariable; chronic; everlasting
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to concern; to be related
commencing with; including
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to get help; to enlist aid
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
otherwise; or else; if not
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
northern part; the north (of a region)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
extermination; annihilation
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
possible; potential; practicable; feasible