to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever
male; man; excellence; greatness; best (of)
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to get too familiar with; to become too familiar with
just past noon; afternoon
to settle (in a place); to settle down
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
search for corroborative evidence
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
social page (of newspaper); local news page
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
black kite (Milvus migrans)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
arrest; apprehension; capture
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
triangle; triangular shape
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
very; greatly; exceedingly
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
taking excerpts; extraction
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row