deathbed; dying hour; one's death
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds
great success; huge success
old person; elderly person; senior citizen
immigration; emigration; immigrant; emigrant
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
branch office; police box; local police station
unofficial announcement; private notice; informal notification
to push back; to press back; to force back
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
police officer; cop; walking in a circle (dog trick); (arch.) side dish (eaten with rice)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
going to and fro; back and forth
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
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 (ritsuryō system)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize