China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
US military; United States Armed Forces
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
one by one; one at a time; in turn
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
to die; to lay down life's burden
charred; burnt black; scorched black
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to rain incessantly; to downpour
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
countries concerned (involved)
to be able to manage somehow or other
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
permanent; perpetual; lasting
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up