country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
superstition; superstitious belief
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
way; method; means; resource; course
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
mirror surface; lens surface
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
to go through (e.g. a wall); to penetrate; to punch (a hole, pattern, etc.); to stamp out (e.g. a coin); to remove (partitions between rooms); to join (multiple rooms) into one
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
construction; establishment
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
jungle gym; monkey bars; climbing frame
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
annotation; explanatory note; comment
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
several hundred; hundreds (of)
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
avalanche; snowslide; avalanche; avalanche jōseki
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape