spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
(the crime of) kidnapping (kidnaping)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
episode; anecdote; vignette
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
just one person; only one
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
examiner; investigator; inquisitor; agent
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan