necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
plane crash; fall (accident)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
step-up; advance; progress; increase
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
please (give me); please (do for me)
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
charred; burnt black; scorched black
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
newspaper reporter; print journalist
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
mountain areas of Kunigami County in Northern Okinawa
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
adds force or indicates command
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)