patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
connection; link; relationship
in advance; beforehand; previously
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
government office; public office
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being