endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
(essential) utilities; lifeline
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
underground train; subway
by means of; due to; because of; according to
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
chief; main; principal; major
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
besides; moreover; in addition
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
moving about; stirring about
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
headquarters; head office; main office
complication; confusion; disorder
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else