(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
smart; clever; agile; nimble; quick
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
rolling by hand (e.g. sushi roll, cigarette); winding by hand (e.g. watch); hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped); windup watch; mechanical watch
flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift
drugs; ingredients (for Chinese medicine)
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
separation; divorce; severing of connections
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
official document; archives
notary public; scribe; amanuensis
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
nutria (Myocastor coypus); coypu
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark