head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
testimony; (verbal) evidence
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
detention pending trial; confinement; custody
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
release; liberation; acquittal
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
application; request; petition
guilty verdict; judgment of guilty (judgement)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
final; eventual; ultimate
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
unsuspended prison sentence; prison sentence with no stay of execution
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
impression; strong belief; conviction
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
custom; common practice; habit
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
planned; scheduled; systematic
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
first offence; first offense; first offender
stay of execution; suspended sentence
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common