merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
reputation; fame; credit; honor and distinction; honour and distinction
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
emperor (of Japan); mikado
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
sudden; abrupt; improvised; hasty; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan
together with; same; both; all; including ...
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)
sovereign; emperor; monarch
abdication (of a Chinese emperor) in favor of a virtuous successor (as opposed to an heir); smooth transference of power (responsibility, etc.)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
just the other day; quite recently
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
the place for; the time for; the level of
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to try to do; to attempt to do
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
regret; repentance; remorse
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother