hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
cram school; private tutoring school
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
hair dye; hair coloring; hair colouring
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
to dye; to colour; to color
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
function; facility; faculty; feature
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
place; situation; position; location
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
(committee) chairman; president
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat