thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
slope; slanting surface; bevel
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
starvation; famine; hunger
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
dominion; territory; possession
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
battlefield; battleground
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
more than anything; above all else