(navigable) canal; waterway
great war; great battle; world war
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
comprehensive; composite; all-round; all-embracing; general; overall
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
weakening; emaciation; decline
cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
way; method; means; effect; result; worth
talk; dialogue; conversation
mobile home; camper-van; RV
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
levelling of ground (for construction); preparation of soil (for planting); rearranging stones (to simplify counting)
innumerable; countless; numberless
(on the) right track; (on the) right lines
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
delivery; transfer; hand-over
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch