to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
war; fighting; fierce competition
until now; so far; up to the present
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
extermination; expulsion; destruction
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
on the sea; surface of the sea
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
intelligence gathering; information gathering
main purpose; primary objective
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
in terms of; from the point of view of
within; inside of; less than