easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
guidance; protective custody
release; liberation; acquittal
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
the scruff or nape of the neck
medicinal poisoning; chemical poisoning; drug poisoning; drug addiction
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
pistol; handgun; revolver
container (e.g. shipping); skip
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
epidemic; plague; pestilence
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
misrepresentation; false statement
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
conspiracy; collusion; complicity