plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
change in appearance; transformation
destiny; will of Heaven; luck
construction at top speed
by today; before the day is over
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
power; authority; jurisdiction
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
(political) power; authority; influence
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
political situation; political affairs
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
practical problem; practical matter
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
land route; overland route; by land; overland
air route; air lane; by air; by plane
jet aeroplane; jet airplane
emigration and immigration
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
to rebury; to refill; to backfill
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)