dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
channel (of a stream, valley, etc.)
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
offensive (movement); aggression
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
binoculars; field glasses
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
incessant; uninterrupted; continuous
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
uncertainty about the future; concern about future prospects
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
position; opening; employment
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for