character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
great laughter; burst of laughter
please (give me); please (do for me)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
depopulation; declining population
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
bacterium; bacteria; germ
infection; contagion; becoming infected
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear