place; room; margin; scope
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
expression; presentation; representation; notation
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
to press a question; to cross-examine
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
probe each other; sound each other out
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
severe punishment; rigorous measures
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
compensating; making up for; supplementation
official announcement; proclamation
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
from the beginning; from scratch
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
being produced in a particular region; local specialty
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to spread; to be propagated