prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
interior; inside; internal
to sink (into); to get depressed
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
site; point on a map; spot
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
how long; how far; how much
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
Japan Coast Guard (formerly Maritime Safety Agency)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
accurate; correct; precise; exact
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
although I say; although one might say; although called
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
if it is the case that ...