place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
rice-based or centered diet (centred)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
(period of) a year; during an era
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to live; to reside; to inhabit
three; three years of age
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
mung bean (Vigna radiata); green gram
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
conviction; belief; confidence
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality