country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
pride; boast; credit (to)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
materials; data; document
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to this extent; to this degree; this much
to collect; to assemble; to gather
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
benjamin fig (Ficus benjamina); weeping fig; ficus
single-person cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
penalty; sentence; punishment
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to pass (of time); to elapse
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
considerably; fairly; quite
high-quality goods; choice goods
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly