indescribable (e.g. beauty)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
bright sunshine; broad daylight
to grow taller (of people)
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
consists of; comprises; is made up of
in all parts of the world; in all countries; anywhere in the world; both in the Occident and the Orient
National Diet Library; Library of Congress
extinguishing a fire; fire fighting
condition; state of preservation
repeated reading (makes the meaning clear); reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning)
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
adjoining each other; next to each other; being in close proximity to something; being constantly exposed to (danger, etc.)
assortment; product lineup
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
to not see the forest for the trees; to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
dog; hotdog; firedog; andiron
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
guilty verdict; judgment of guilty (judgement)
(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes