country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
town; city; municipal; urban
physical condition; state of health; shape
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to have an idea; to have a clue
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
everywhere; all over; throughout
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
unregistered; non-registered
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
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
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
to open (one's eyes) wide
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
to blow out; to spout out
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical); semen; sperm
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to go mad (over something); to be crazy (about something)
to try to do; to attempt to do
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
intercept; interception; counter-attack
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
tank (military vehicle); chariot
tug of war; forward puller (of a rickshaw)