possibility; potential; expandability
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
to jest; to clown (around)
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
union; joining; conjugation
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
since then; from that time; ever since
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
wife and children; (arch.) wife
stature; height; size; physique
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
literature; books (reference); document
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
authenticity; credibility
source (e.g. quotation); authority
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
counter for rules; rule; regulation
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale