early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
in the end; on top of that
mountain range; mountain belt
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
stroke (swimming); arm stroke; adds strength or emphasis to verbs
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
government; administration; ministry
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do; terrible; dreadful; frightening
village headman; village mayor
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
substation; branch office
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
don't you think?; indicates question
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home