premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
domestic help; domestic helper; domestic servant; maid
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
work by the same author (artist, etc.); work in the same style; same way of making
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
art of war; strategy; tactics
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
at; in; at; when; by; with
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
live-action film; film that uses footage of real scenes and events
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
January; first month of the lunar calendar