check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
postwar period; period after Second World War
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
from here; from this place
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
second day of the month; two days
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
regular time; stated period
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to cry and shout; to scream
to run about trying to escape
height (measured at the withers)
length (of an animal); body length
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)