all over Japan; throughout Japan
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
unspecified; random; indefinite
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
change; transformation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; innovation
preliminary step; first step
to turn into an increase; to turn into a plus; to change to an advantage
unsolved; unresolved; unsettled; pending; outstanding
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
mutant strain; mutated variant; mutant species
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
division; section; classification; sorting; division
checking out (of a hotel); check-out
(overnight) stay; lodging; inn; hotel; night duty; anchorage
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
object of romantic interest; potential love interest
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
four-legged; four-footed; (four-legged) animal; beast
walking (with heavy steps); tramping; lumbering; clumping