basis; foundation; grounds; authority
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
surname; family name; last name
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
guardian; protector; patron; parent
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to go with the flow; to go with the times
state of the war; war situation
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on