split; division; break up
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
complete stranger; total stranger
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
divine spirit; spirit of the dead
fiftieth day after the birth of a child; fifty days
hairdresser; hairdressing
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
pick-up knowledge; second-hand knowledge; hearsay
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
therapy; treatment; remedy; cure
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
fourth day of the month; four days
short trip; brief journey; excursion
house where one was born; one's parents' house
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
presumption; assumption; estimation
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
tobacco field; tobacco patch