young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
form; shape; figure; visage
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to be reminded of; to call to mind
national border; provincial border
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to repeat; to do something over again
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
frequency (of occurrence)
government; administration
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
that is to say; so that means
impossible; unlikely; improbable
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
northern part; the north (of a region)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)