method; process; manner; way; means; technique
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
application; request; petition
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
mask; disguise; guise; mask
preference; priority; precedence
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
desperately; for one's dear life
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
recreation; diversion; relaxation
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to badger; to pester; to beg
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to leave a bad impression behind
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to lure someone; to entice someone
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry