strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
spiritual (religious song)
colonization; colonisation
country; countryside; country; country and western; country; nation
Western (film genre); country and western music
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
obscure; vague; ambiguous
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
sense of pitch; ear for music
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana; opposite bank; opposite shore
heaven and earth; the universe; land; world; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
river; stream; River; the ... river
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
party; set; gang; company; person
being elected; winning a prize (in a lottery, raffle, etc.); being selected (for a prize, etc.)
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area