smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
society; company; the public; the world
middle and high-school students
at that time; in those days
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)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to name; to call; to christen; to term
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
no sleep or rest; working day and night
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
supporter; cheerer (e.g. from the sidelines at a sporting event); rooter
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation