production (e.g. play); direction
contradiction; inconsistency
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
sons and daughters; children; girl
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to put up (a notice); to post
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
Japanese person; Japanese people
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
system; institution; organization; organisation
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
washing with water; rinsing; flushing
coincident with; while; simultaneously
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
review (of learned material); revision
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
living together (with one more person)
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
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)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
rouge (esp. lip rouge); lipstick
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to be attacked by a disease
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown