confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
difficult to ...; hard to ...
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
reputation; respectability
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
form; shape; figure; visage
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
failure; mistake; blunder
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
official announcement; proclamation
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
one thin flat object; one sheet
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
handwritten letter; handwritten character
to collect; to assemble; to gather
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
curiosity; inquisitiveness
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; wraith
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
together; at the same time; same; identical
to haunt to death; to possess and kill
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease