beginning; outset; first; onset
(favorable voting) constituency (favourable)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
when it becomes; when it comes to
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength)
minority group (party); minority
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
hospitalization; hospitalisation
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
student number (for seating, etc. in class)
yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman