alteration; falsification; faking
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to say; to be pleased to say
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
serious; severe; grave; acute
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
semantic content (of a term); meaning (of a sentence)
loser; defeated person; the defeated
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
process; course; mechanism
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
as before; as ever; as it was originally
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
big talk; boasting; bragging