religious organization; religious organisation
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
arrest; apprehension; capture
eagle (Accipitridae family)
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to surround; to crowd around
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
everywhere; all over; throughout
compressed gas cylinder; aerosol spray can
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
about; concerning; related to; -ish
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
human rights; civil liberties
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy