elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
meaning; significance; sense
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
ten best people (in a particular field)
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
secrecy; highly classified information
retention; maintenance; preservation
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
town; city; municipal; urban
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
still; even now; to this day
interior; inside; internal
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work