neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
armoured vehicle; armored vehicle
other side; opposite side; other party
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
risky; dangerous; insecure
to pant; to gasp; to be short of breath; to be excited
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
urban areas; the streets; town; city
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
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)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
a few years ago; some years back
political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état
town; city; municipal; urban
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
the people; citizens; the populace
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
particularly; only; in the case of