compensation liability; indemnity liability; obligation to pay reparations
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth; union
to exert oneself; to make efforts
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
increase in production; production increase
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
rule; reign; peaceful times
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
one's own handwriting; autograph
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
communication skills; communication ability
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
deck (of a ship); deck (attached to a building); platform (at the end of a railway passenger car); vestibule; observation deck (esp. at an airport); tape deck; deck (of cards)
baton (of command); order; command; direction
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
military service; combat experience
future years; in (one's) later years
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
stomach-ache; stomach pain; gastralgia
pole; climax; extreme; extremity