country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
business trip; official trip
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
seeing one off; farewell; escort
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
doing whatever one pleases
police officer; policeman; constable
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
return; relapse; recurrence
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
three; three years of age
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas