promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to make an appearance; to show up
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
to find out; to discover; to locate
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
although; but; even though; I wish that
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
materials; data; document
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
several times; once or twice
support; backing; patronage
only; merely; but; no more than
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
considerably; fairly; quite
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
time; season; period; phase; stage
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide