appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
why; how; for what reason
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
front; frontage; facade; main
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to jar; to creak; to grate
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
serious; severe; grave; acute
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
material; materials; data; information; documents
method of bringing up; method of raising
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
intelligence; intellect; brains
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
to keep standing; to stand motionless
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them