arrest; apprehension; capture
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to say; to tell; to state; to do
competent; suitable; qualified
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
even if not; even without
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
unidentifiable; unidentified
natural; reasonable; understandable
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
shady; underhanded; questionable
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
preface; introduction; preamble
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips