prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
all night long; all through the night
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
way; method; means; resource; course
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to make a vow; to take an oath
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
broken; intermittent; disconnected
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
now that you say that; now that you mention it
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
thermal energy; heat energy
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
to show up; to appear; to turn up