total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
home delivery (of food); outside catering
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
extensive; vast range; wide scope
coastal region; coastal area; coastline
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
being too late; losing one's final chance
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
station; office; guardroom
tension; mental strain; nervousness
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to detain; to check; to restrain
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate