distant land; remote location; distant province
religious organization; religious organisation
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
switching over to; migration; transition
autonomous; autonomic; self-sustaining; self-directed
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to be bony; to be angular
nausea; sickness in the stomach
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
leisure time; idle moment
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus