history; pedigree; lineage
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
place; room; margin; scope
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
sharp (blade, image, mind, etc.); sharp; number sign; hash sign; mechanical pencil
the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); north; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
classic example; classic case; textbook example; representative example; typical case
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
joint struggle; common (united) front
variant; variation; variety; (taxonomical) variety
the same; the said; likewise
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
war situation; progress of a battle
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with