entrance examination (for a transfer student)
difference; disparity; gap
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
pursuing liability; finding out who is at fault; trying to pin the blame on someone
takeout (food); take-out; takeaway; carry-out; to-go
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
official document; archives
suspension (from work or school)
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
carnivore; carnivorous animal
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
function; facility; faculty; feature
addition; annexation; appendage
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
to bury; to embed; to implant
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission