large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
(a person's) appearance; looks
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
how many people; a number of people
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
history of a nation; Japanese history
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
to that extent; so (much)
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
modern; lug arm tips (on glasses); temple tips
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
high-rise building; tall building; multi-storied building
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude