valid; effective; yuko (judo)
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
creation; generation; formation; derivation
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to push (something) against
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
threat; intimidation; menace
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
madness; craziness; insanity
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
coincident with; while; simultaneously
vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic
snapping (e.g. fingers) sound; with a pop
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
(one's) current position; current location; present position
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
armed forces; military; troops