counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
information retrieval; IR; investor relations; integrated resort; infrared radiation; infrared
knowing; (an) acquaintance
severe acute respiratory syndrome; SARS
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
police; police officer; police station
SAT; Scholastic Assessment Test; Scholastic Aptitude Test
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
great difference; big difference; wide margin
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
still; even now; to this day
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
battlefield; battleground
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
ago; since; before; previous
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
a few years ago; some years back
former job; former position