even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
selection; choice; option
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
interest; rights; concession
instability; insecurity; crankiness
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
middle period; medium-term
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to apologize; to apologise
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to