migration; move; emigration; immigration
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
the same rank; equality; apposition
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
dealing with; coping with
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
danger; peril; hazard; risk
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
completion; perfection; accomplishment
putting into operation; invocation
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention