it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
group; party; team; squad; section
study; research; investigation
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
in comparison to; rather than
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
war; battle; match; game; competition
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to cease; to stop; to be over
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to bury; to embed; to implant
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river