spaciousness; extensiveness; expansiveness; vastness
sea level; (surface of) sea
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
overripeness; full maturity; full development
infection; contagion; becoming infected
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode
difference; disparity; gap
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
segregation; separation; independence
just because; even if; even though
to decide; to determine; to judge
overhasty; rash; premature
small number; few; minority
erecting (temple, Buddhist statue, etc.)
social; societal; societary
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
original idea; originality
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
pessimistic view of life; pessimism
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
epidemic; plague; pestilence