assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
tradition; legend; folklore
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
to go underground; to go into hiding
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
family; relatives; dependents; household
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
staffroom; teachers' lounge; faculty lounge
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)