union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
beginning; outset; first; onset
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
dirty old man; pervert; lecher
two persons; two people; pair; couple
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
absence from work without permission
than; from; out of; except; but; more
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
good-for-nothing; worthless
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how