taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
letting (someone) die without helping
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
if it is the case that ...
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
personal; individual; private
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to order; to command; to appoint
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
taking a picture secretly; taking a sneak shot; making a secret video recording; filming without someone's knowledge
V sign (hand gesture); peace sign
taste; liking; preference
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
J; j; Japan; joule; jack (playing card); tatami mat (as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm); Japan Professional Football League
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
process; course; mechanism
four-digit number; thousands column
poisoning; kill by poison
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
intelligence operative; spy
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
Japanese person; Japanese people
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
depending on the ...; to depend on the ...