loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
state of mind; mentality; psychology
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
back street; back alley; off-street
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
someone engaged in a certain pursuit; practitioner; worker; employee
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
center; centre; metropolis
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
difficult problem; challenge
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
that's right; yes; uh-huh
immediately; at once; instantly
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
defense; defence; defensive preparations
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement