advanced level; high grade; senior
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
chief; main; principal; major
marker; signpost; guide pole; levelling pole (surveying)
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
decoration; ornament; trimmings
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
woman; lady; adult female
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm; prosody
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
looking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of); swearing by Heaven and Earth (having done nothing to be ashamed of)
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
fourth day of the month; four days