neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
cooperation; collaboration
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
thought; consideration; thinking
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
rule; reign; government; governing
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
small; fine; detailed; stingy
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
being too late; losing one's final chance
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab