how many years; how long; what year
feminine; womanly; female
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
maximum permissible level or dosage
general mobilization; general mobilisation
infection; contagion; becoming infected
solution; solution strategy
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
back country; remote countryside
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
nesting hole; burrow; den
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
true character; real nature