expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
God; god; ace; king; superior person
calamity; disaster; misfortune
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to be lacking in options; to be too few
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to be erected; to be built
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
genuine article; real thing; real deal
representative; exemplary; model
ice house; ice room; cold room
older sister; elder sister