be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
international; diplomatic intercourse
preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation
mechanism; organization; organisation
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
successively; one after another
isolation; being alone; being friendless
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
form; shape; figure; visage
site; point on a map; spot
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
again; once more; a second time
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)