the Big Three (countries)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
cracks or fissures in the ground
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
strange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar
religious organization; religious organisation
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
useless; vain; aimless; idle
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
information; experience; knowledge; observation
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried); katsu
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
sulfuration; sulphuration
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
esteemed profession (e.g. priest, monk, teacher, doctor, etc.); venerable vocation; ministry; priesthood; holy orders
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
curiosity; inquisitiveness