of late; lately; this part; this point; here
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
considerably; greatly; a lot
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
underground train; subway
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
accurate; correct; precise; exact
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
serious; not joking; straight
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
-less; lacking; non-existing
people; citizens; subjects; folk
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
roleplay (e.g. in RPG computer games)
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular