check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
depending on; dependent on
probability; likelihood; chances
same family (race, tribe)
course; route; path; process; means
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
vocal sound; tone of voice
decision; settlement; definition
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
self-justification; excuse
preface; introduction; preamble
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
(another's) daughter; young lady
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
chimera (mythological); chimaera; chimera (biological); chimaera
contest of strength; trial of strength
to lose a closely fought contest