measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
prevention measure; preventive measures
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
putting one's affairs in order; ordering one's affairs; tidying up
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
(police) detective; criminal matter
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful