title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
labor; labour; manpower; working force
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
outside the country; abroad
dwelling; house; residence; address
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
(public) peace; stability; tranquility; tranquillity
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
this occasion; at this time; now
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
to pretend; to act (as if)
carrier pigeon; homing pigeon
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
material; materials; data; information; documents
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
(blue-collar) worker; laborer; labourer
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
space; interval; space character; whitespace
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
as a child; when one was a child