antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
cruise; navigation; sailing
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
largest class; top category
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
television program; TV program
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
reigning; controlling; dictating
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
selfishness; self-interest
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
departure; leaving; going away; recession
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent