laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
stairs; stairway; staircase
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
discovery; detection; finding
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
woman; female; feminine gender
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
article; news story; report; account
cardioplegia; heart attack
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
essential; important; crucial; vital; main