early (days); initial stage; initial
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
two classes; double; two sets
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
group; bunch; crowd; group
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to be dead; to be lifeless
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
reaching; attaining; arrival
(period of) a year; during an era
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
don't you think?; indicates question
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
casualties; injuries and deaths
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
throwaway; disposable; single-use