contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
each place; various places
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
total fire loss; completely burned
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
lightning strike; lightning bolt
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
self-defense; self-defence
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity
one's principal residence; main home
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to anticipate; to foresee
pension (Western-style boarding house)
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)
solving a riddle; solving a mystery
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
how many years; how long; what year
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
safety zone; traffic island
final; eventual; ultimate