woman; female; feminine gender
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
secretly having a dark past; having a guilty conscience
application; request; petition
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
nomadic tribe; nomadic people; nomadic race
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Russian Empire (1721-1917)
(national) capital (city); metropolis
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
by means of; due to; because of; according to