investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
apparently; appears to be
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
silence; stillness; quietness
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
headquarters; head office; main office
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
coastal waters; adjacent seas
cruise; navigation; sailing
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan