designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
secret art; the mysteries
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
instability; insecurity; crankiness
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
(medical) doctor; physician
diagnosis; medical examination
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
system; organization; organisation; architecture
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
although I say; although one might say; although called
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
unfinished; unripe; unfermented narezushi; unfermented brine-pickled sushi; noh mask with slightly protruding horns and frizzy hair (representing a woman on her way to becoming a hannya)
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
every person; each one; everybody
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness