near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
in succession; one by one
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
somehow; for some reason or other
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
participation; joining; entry; adherence
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
point in common; common feature
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth