to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
existence; being; presence
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
territory; domain; dominion; possession
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
mountain range; mountain belt
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
on bad terms; at loggerheads
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
fortress; stronghold; citadel
town; city; municipal; urban
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
every year; yearly; annually
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)