plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
this (very thing); this precisely
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
very interesting; of great interest
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
novel; original; new; innovative
writing (e.g. as a profession)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
partially consumed drink; partially consuming a drink
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
document; official papers
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to come into being; to be born
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
what people say; rumours; public opinion
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
circulation; dissemination
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
offender; transgressor; violator