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DARKNESS

BAD

disappear - shade - informal - grow dark -

. . .
( ) - dark
( ) - assassination
( ) - light and darkness

vice - rascal - false - evil - wrong

. - . .
( ) - hateful
( ) - deterioration
( ) - the worst

IDEA

BY MEANS OF

mind - heart - taste - thought - desire - care -

( ) - agreement
( ) - opinion
( ) - meaning

because - in view of - compared with

.
( ) - not less than
( ) - since
( ) - on and after

EMPLOYEE

DOCTOR

member - number - the one in charge

( ) - committee chairman
( ) - committee
( ) - committee member

medicine

. .
( ) - medical care
( ) - doctor
( ) - medical science

INST.

PULL

institution - temple - mansion - school

( ) - hospital
( ) - lower house of the Diet
( ) - House of Councillors

tug - jerk - admit - install - quote - refer to

. . . - - . .
( ) - transactions
( ) - to pull
( ) - retire

REFLECT

CARRY

reflection - projection

. . . - .
( ) - movie
( ) - influence
( ) - reflection

luck - destiny - fate - lot - transport - progress -

.
( ) - motion
( ) - management
( ) - operation

DISTANT

ENGLAND

far

.
( ) - far
( ) - far away
( ) - expedition

English

( ) - English (language)
( ) - hero
( ) - education

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SOUND

ROOF

noise
-

( ) - music
( ) - real intention
( ) - noise

house - shop - dealer - seller

( ) - Nagoya (city)
( ) - room
( ) - roof

HOUSE

SUMMER

home - family - professional - expert - performer

( ) - family
( ) - state
( ) - politician

( ) - summer vacation
( ) - this summer
( ) - a cool summer

BRUSH-STROKE

SONG

picture

. . .
( ) - plan
( ) - movie
( ) - planning

sing

.
( ) - to sing
( ) - singer
( ) - kabuki

SEA

-TIMES

ocean

( ) - foreign
( ) - navy
( ) - sea

round - game - revolve - counter for occurrences

. - . - . .
( ) - now
( ) - recovery (from illness)
( ) - to exceed

OPEN

WORLD

unfold - unseal

. . - . .
( ) - development
( ) - to open (e.g., doors)
( ) - holding a meeting

( ) - the world
( ) - industry
( ) - political world

COLD

MUSIC

.
( ) - cold (e.g., weather)
( ) - coldness
( ) - cold

comfort - ease

. . .
( ) - music
( ) - to enjoy (oneself)
( ) - enjoyable

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BUILDING

SINO-

mansion - large building - palace

( ) - meeting hall
( ) - embassy
( ) - art gallery

China

( ) - Chinese characters
( ) - herbal medicine
( ) - traditional Chinese medicine

HOMECOMING

FACE

arrive at - lead to - result in

. . . .
( ) - return to one's country
( ) - to return
( ) - return

expression

( ) - smiling face
( ) - portrait
( ) - personnel

HURRY

ROUSE

emergency - sudden - steep

. .
( ) - urgent
( ) - to hurry
( ) - explosion

wake up - get up

. . . .
( ) - to get up
( ) - to raise
( ) - prosecution

COW

RESEARCH

( ) - milk
( ) - beef
( ) - snail's pace

study

.
( ) - study
( ) - researcher
( ) - researcher

CAPITAL

GONE

10**16

( ) - Kyoto
( ) - Beijing (China)
( ) - Nanking

past - quit - leave - elapse - eliminate - divorce

. - .
( ) - the past
( ) - death
( ) - to leave

TEACH

STRONG

faith - doctrine

. .
( ) - professor
( ) - training
( ) - to teach

. . . .
( ) - tough
( ) - emphasis
( ) - strengthen

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NEAR

BUSINESS

early - akin - tantamount

.
( ) - near
( ) - most recent
( ) - near

vocation - arts - performance

( ) - enterprise
( ) - project
( ) - industry

WARD

SILVER

district

( ) - district
( ) - same ward
( ) - in the ward or borough

( ) - bank
( ) - Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo)
( ) - city bank

PLOT

ELDER BROTHER

plan - scheme - measure

. .
( ) - plan
( ) - calculation
( ) - plan

big brother

( ) - siblings
( ) - one's own elder brother
( ) - one's senior

BUILD

LIGHTLY

. . - . .
( ) - construction
( ) - rebuilding
( ) - construction

trifling - unimportant

. . .
( ) - light (i.e., not heavy)
( ) - abatement
( ) - minor injury

POLISH

DOG

study of - sharpen

.
( ) - study
( ) - training (esp. in-service)
( ) - researcher

( ) - guide dog for the blind

( ) - pet dog
( ) - pet dog

VERIFICATION

PREFECTURE

effect - testing

.
( ) - experience
( ) - experiment
( ) - personal experience

.
( ) - prefectural police
( ) - the same prefecture
( ) - within the prefecture

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RAY

BEGINNING

light

.
( ) - sightseeing
( ) - to shine
( ) - scene

former time - origin

( ) - home area
( ) - health(y)
( ) - ruler

CRAFT

FOND

construction - katakana e radical (no. 48)

( ) - factory
( ) - construction work
( ) - industry

pleasing - like something

. . . .
( ) - liking
( ) - friendship
( ) - favorable

CONSIDER

WIDE

think over

. .
( ) - to consider
( ) - thinking
( ) - way of thinking

broad - spacious

. . .
( ) - Hiroshima (city)
( ) - to spread (out)
( ) - to spread

BLACK

FIT

. .
( ) - balance (figure) in the black
( ) - black person
( ) - black

suit - join - 0.1

. - . . - - .
( ) - case
( ) - agreement
( ) - match

MAKE

VEGETABLE

production - prepare - build

. . - .
( ) - to make
( ) - work
( ) - author

side dish - greens

( ) - vegetable
( ) - edible wild plants
( ) - vegetable garden

ATTEND

PRODUCTS

doing - official - serve

.
( ) - work
( ) - structure
( ) - way

bear - give birth - yield - childbirth - native -

. . - .
( ) - production
( ) - industry
( ) - Communist Party

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USE

begin

. - . .
( ) - to start
( ) - to begin
( ) - start

. . - . - .
( ) - to use (a thing, method, etc.)
( ) - use
( ) - ambassador

MARKET

ELDER SISTER

city - town

( ) - market
( ) - citizen
( ) - town

( ) - sisters
( ) - elder sister
( ) - sister-in-law (elder)

STOP

THINK

halt

. - . . - .
( ) - prohibition
( ) - prevention
( ) - suspension

. . .
( ) - to think
( ) - thought
( ) - intention

PRIVATE

DEATH

I - me

( ) - private (establishment)
( ) - private residence
( ) - personal

die

. . ( ) - death
( ) - death
( ) - to die

TEST

PAPER

try - attempt - experiment - ordeal

. .
( ) - match
( ) - examination
( ) - entrance examination

( ) - letter
( ) - blank form
( ) - space (page)

CHARACTER

MATTER

letter - word - section of village

-
( ) - deficit
( ) - numeral
( ) - balance (figure) in the black

thing - fact - business - reason - possibly

. .
( ) - event
( ) - project
( ) - director

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ONESELF

HOLD

. . .
( ) - Liberal Democratic Party
( ) - myself
( ) - freedom

have

. - . .
( ) - to hold
( ) - support
( ) - maintenance

SUBSTANCE

ROOM

quality - matter - temperament

.
( ) - question
( ) - material
( ) - substance

apartment - chamber - greenhouse - cellar

( ) - classroom
( ) - indoor
( ) - room monitor

SOMEONE

COPY

person

( ) - reporter
( ) - suspect (person)
( ) - authorized people

be photographed - describe

. . - .
( ) - photograph
( ) - depiction
( ) - to transcribe

WEAK

BORROW

frail

. . . .
( ) - weak
( ) - weak point
( ) - to abate

rent

.
( ) - to borrow
( ) - debt
( ) - loan

NECK

LORD

counter for songs and poems

( ) - Prime Minister
( ) - head
( ) - capital city

chief - master - main thing - principal

( ) - claim
( ) - chief mourner
( ) - organization

END

AUTUMN

finish

. - . . .
( ) - to finish
( ) - last
( ) - to finish

( ) - autumn of last year

( ) - spring and autumn
( ) - thousand years

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GATHER

LEARN

meet - congregate - swarm - flock

. . .
( ) - to collect
( ) - to gather
( ) - concentration

. .
( ) - practice
( ) - study
( ) - practice

HEAVY

DWELL

heap up - pile up - nest of boxes - -fold

. . .
( ) - important
( ) - discretion
( ) - importance

reside - live - inhabit

. . - .
( ) - residence
( ) - citizens
( ) - to live (of humans)

PLACE

SPRINGTIME

-
( ) - place
( ) - office
( ) - passage

spring (season)

( ) - next spring
( ) - this spring
( ) - youth

RIDE

SULTRY

power - multiplication - record -

. - . .
( ) - to get on
( ) - passenger vehicle
( ) - passenger

hot - summer heat

.
( ) - hot (weather, etc.)
( ) - heat (of the weather)
( ) - heat wave

COLOR

LOCATION

( ) - color
( ) - disapproval
( ) - characteristic

place

( ) - case
( ) - market
( ) - standpoint

FOREST

HEART

woods

( ) - forest
( ) - silence
( ) - solemn

mind - spirit - heart radical (no. 61)

-
( ) - center
( ) - concern
( ) - worry

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PARENT

TRUE

intimacy - relative - familiarity - dealer (cards)

- . .
( ) - mother
( ) - father
( ) - parents

reality - Buddhist sect

-
( ) - photograph
( ) - seriousness
( ) - truth

MAP

ADVANCE

drawing - plan - unexpected - accidentally

.
( ) - to plot
( ) - library
( ) - intention

proceed - progress - promote

. .
( ) - to advance
( ) - to advance
( ) - propulsion

CORRECT

GENERATION

justice - righteous - 10**40

. . .
( ) - revision
( ) - amendment
( ) - due form

world - society - public

( ) - the world
( ) - century
( ) - public opinion

BLUE

VOICE

green

- .
( ) - youth
( ) - blue or green mountain
( ) - Japanese laurel

( ) - voice
( ) - cheer
( ) - encouragement

CUT

RED

cutoff - be sharp

. - . . - . - .
( ) - to cut (usu. to cut through)
( ) - important
( ) - to cut well

- . .
( ) - deficit
( ) - red
( ) - bright red

WASH

RUMOR

inquire into - probe

.
( ) - to wash
( ) - washing
( ) - detergent

opinion - theory

.
( ) - explanation
( ) - speech
( ) - novel

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EARLY

.
( ) - to run
( ) - runner
( ) - flight

fast

. - .
( ) - fast
( ) - early stage
( ) - urgent

TRIBE

ESCORT

family

( ) - family
( ) - people
( ) - bereaved family

send

.
( ) - broadcast
( ) - to send (a thing)
( ) - transport

PLUMP

VILLAGE

thick - big around

. .
( ) - Pacific Ocean
( ) - crown prince
( ) - sun

town

( ) - agricultural community
( ) - towns and villages
( ) - mountain village

WAIT

BODY

depend on

. - .
( ) - expectation
( ) - to wait
( ) - invitation

substance - object - reality - counter for images

( ) - organization
( ) - whole
( ) - order

SUBSTITUTE

LEND

change - convert - replace - period - age -

. . . .
( ) - representative
( ) - period
( ) - age

. . - ( ) - to lend
( ) - lending
( ) - lease

TOPIC

PEDESTAL

subject

a stand - counter for machines and vehicles

( ) - stage(theater)
( ) - Taiwan
( ) - Sendai (city)

( ) - problem
( ) - subject
( ) - topic

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KNOW

SHORT

wisdom

. .
( ) - to know
( ) - prefectural governor
( ) - prefectural governor

brevity - fault - defect - weak point

.
( ) - short
( ) - short term
( ) - shortening

POND

GROUND

cistern - pool - reservoir

( ) - battery
( ) - dry cell
( ) - reservoir

earth

( ) - area
( ) - area
( ) - the earth

DON

TEA

arrive - wear - counter for suits of clothing

. - . - . .
( ) - conclusion
( ) - arrival
( ) - taking hold

( ) - tea (usu. green)

( ) - coffee lounge
( ) - black tea

POUR

DAYTIME

irrigate - shed (tears) - flow into -

. . .
( ) - notice
( ) - caution
( ) - order

noon

( ) - lunch
( ) - daytime
( ) - day and night

TOWN

MORNING

village - block - street

( ) - the same town

( ) - town headman
( ) - neighborhood

dynasty - regime - epoch - period - (North) Korea

( ) - North Korea
( ) - Korea
( ) - morning sun

TRAFFIC

BIRD

pass through - avenue - commute -

. . - . - .
( ) - avenue
( ) - unobstructed view
( ) - correspondence

chicken

( ) - wild bird
( ) - flying bird
( ) - birds

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YOUNGER BROTHER

LOWER

faithful service to elders

( ) - siblings
( ) - pupil
( ) - young(er) people

short - humble

. . .
( ) - fall
( ) - least
( ) - hanging low (over)

RICE FIELD

REVOLVE

rice paddy

( ) - high rice field

( ) - rice paddy
( ) - paddy field

turn around - change

. . .
( ) - convert
( ) - operation
( ) - change

DEGREES

METROPOLIS

occurrence - time - counter for occurrences

- .
( ) - system
( ) - year
( ) - degree

capital

( ) - Kyoto
( ) - town
( ) - metropolitan area

SOLUTION

WINTER

answer

. .
( ) - to answer
( ) - reply
( ) - report

( ) - winter
( ) - the winter season
( ) - mild winter

WORK

HEAD

kokuji

.
( ) - to work
( ) - manual labor
( ) - laborer

counter for large animals

-
( ) - beginning
( ) - head
( ) - president

SAME

MOVE

agree - equal

.
( ) - same
( ) - the same day
( ) - doing together (as equals)

motion - change - confusion - shift - shake

. .
( ) - action
( ) - movement
( ) - motion

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PUBLIC CHAMBER

hall

( ) - special
( ) - particularly
( ) - feature

( ) - dining room
( ) - auditorium
( ) - town hall

SELL

MEAT

. .
( ) - sales
( ) - sale
( ) - to sell

( ) - cynicism
( ) - muscle
( ) - beef

MEAL

DISCHARGE

boiled rice

( ) - cooked rice
( ) - rice cooker
( ) - large meal

departure - publish - emit - start from - disclose -

. . . .
( ) - announcement
( ) - development
( ) - utterance

GOODS

ILL

refinement - dignity - article -

( ) - commodity
( ) - manufactured goods
( ) - parts

sick

. - .
( ) - hospital
( ) - illness
( ) - Minamata disease

WIND

NEGATIVE

air - style - manner

- -
( ) - typhoon
( ) - scenery
( ) - natural features

non- - bad - ugly - clumsy

( ) - insufficiency
( ) - anxiety
( ) - recession

THING

CLOTHING

object - matter

( ) - animal
( ) - character
( ) - building

admit - obey - discharge

( ) - subjugation
( ) - uniform
( ) - garments

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SEPARATE

SENTENCE

branch off - diverge - fork - another - extra -

. .
( ) - special
( ) - farewell
( ) - discrimination

literature - style - art - decoration - figures -

( ) - culture
( ) - document
( ) - literature

EXERTION

CONVENIENCE

.
( ) - study
( ) - industry
( ) - study

.
( ) - mail
( ) - convenient
( ) - post office

DIRECTION

WALK

person - alternative

- -
( ) - one (esp. of two)
( ) - objective
( ) - area

counter for steps

. .
( ) - to walk
( ) - concession
( ) - step

FLAVOR

YOUNGER SISTER

taste

.
( ) - meaning
( ) - interest (in something)
( ) - sensation

( ) - sisters
( ) - younger brother and sister
( ) - sister-in-law (younger)

BRIGHT

PEOPLE

light

. . .
( ) - obvious
( ) - declaration
( ) - explanation

nation - subjects

( ) - Liberal Democratic Party

( ) - nation
( ) - citizen

GATE

QUESTION

counter for cannons

( ) - class
( ) - specialty
( ) - specialist

ask - problem

. .
( ) - problem
( ) - call
( ) - to ask

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NIGHT

field - rustic - civilian life

( ) - opposition party
( ) - baseball
( ) - field

evening

( ) - day and night

( ) - late at night
( ) - at night

POSSESS

MEDICINE

have - exist - happen - occur - approx

.
( ) - influential
( ) - validity
( ) - voter

chemical - enamel - gunpowder - benefit

( ) - narcotic drugs
( ) - medical supplies
( ) - medicines

WEEKDAY

EVENING

( ) - day of the week

( ) - Saturday
( ) - Sunday

( ) - evening meal
( ) - evening
( ) - evening paper

UTILIZE

OCEAN

business - service - use - employ

.
( ) - use
( ) - use
( ) - use

western style

( ) - Pacific Ocean
( ) - Orient
( ) - Atlantic Ocean

TRIP

LOGIC

travel

( ) - travel
( ) - passenger (transport)
( ) - Japanese hotel

arrangement - reason - justice - truth

( ) - director
( ) - reason
( ) - control

POWER

FEE

strength - strong - strain - bear up - exert

( ) - cooperation
( ) - great effort
( ) - influence

materials

( ) - materials
( ) - cooking
( ) - fee

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forest

( ) - forest
( ) - agriculture and forestry
( ) - afforestation

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