investment; contribution; financing
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
natural product; product of nature
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
headache inducing; vexing
settlement; solution; resolution
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to make the same; to have the same ...; to be of the same ...
accomplice; co-conspirator
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
the last moment; the very end
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
confidence; trust; faith; credit
personality; character; individuality; personhood
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
NaK (sodium-potassium alloy)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know