elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
being frank; going so far as to say
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
form; shape; figure; visage
people; citizens; subjects; folk
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
individual; private person; personal; private
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
homecoming; returning home
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
beginning; outset; opening; start
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
ostentatious; gaudy; showy
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
junior high school student; middle school pupil
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
stopover (during a train or bus journey)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
lodging; putting up at a hotel