advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
interior; inside; internal
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
building warships; naval construction
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
at that time; in those days
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
official announcement; proclamation
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
together; at the same time; same; identical
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
weather tide; adverse current
rising sea waves from late May to early June
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line