protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
work; business; company; study
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
although I say; although one might say; although called
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
semi-express train; local express train; sub-express train
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
promotion (e.g. sales, etc.); marketing campaign; campaign (election, membership, enrolment, fund-raising, etc.); drive; military campaign; military action
limited time; limited-time offer
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
outside of; not covered by
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
witnessing; observing; sighting
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
figurative expression; metaphorical expression
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
be (that) as it may; having said that
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)