number of (large) animals
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
nothing but; none other than
father and mother; parents
quarrel; dispute; argument
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
imminent danger; threatened ruin
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to drive (to do); to urge
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to be injured; to sustain a wound
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane