management; administration; operation
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
summer vacation; summer holiday
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
participation; joining; entry; adherence
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
ten; 10; ten years of age
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
one's whole heart; everything one feels
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability