monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
personality; character; individuality; personhood
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
children's story; fairy tale
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
writing; composition; essay; sentence
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
complementation; supplementation; completion
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
patient; having a long fuse
giving up; quitting; surrendering
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
1,000,000; one million; million; many