very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
fundraising; collection of contributions; donating; donation; contribution
to collect; to assemble; to gather
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
so; therefore; and; (and) then
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand