to refuse; to decline; to deny
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
Taoist sexual alchemy (supposed to prolong the practitioner's life)
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
professional job; profession
manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry
sex establishment; brothel
nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
constitutional; relating to character, structure, nature, etc.
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
official name; formal name
federation of states; confederation of nations
break in time; interruption; pause
leader (of an alliance); leading power
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
riparian works; flood-control works
water damage; flood disaster
fertile; rich; productive
formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
river management; river improvement; flood control
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
northern part; the north (of a region)
southern part; the south (of a region)
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
whole nation; whole land; whole country