country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
mail; postal matter; postal item
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
prejudice; bias; distorted view
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
the body is honest; your body reveals what you really think (or want)
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to thrust away; to send flying
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
question; inquiry; enquiry
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
by sheer strength; by brute force
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
foundation (makeup); foundation garment; foundation (organization); underpainting (in oil painting)
sailor suit; middy uniform; two-piece school uniform modeled after the sailor suit
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing