union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
household; home; family; housekeeping
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
8000; eight thousand; many
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
region; limits; stage; level
watering hole; watering place
spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
inn town; post town; post-station town
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
mostly involve; principally involve
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
blow; shock; strike; batting
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
news; word; tidings; omen
difference; variation; difference
plainly; clearly; vividly
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing