origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
process; course; mechanism
dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
one's post; place of work; workplace
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
routine work; everyday work
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)