friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
example; illustration; precedent
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to pray for the repose of somebody's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
many people; a large number of people
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
determination; resolution
to shake; to waver; to tremble
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to jump at; to be attracted by
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to die; to lay down life's burden
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing