quest (esp. in role-playing games)
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
process; course; mechanism
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
security; stability; safety; peace
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to be helpful; to be useful
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
duty; obligation; responsibility
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
business; work; operations; service; duties
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
the other day; a few days ago
intercept; interception; counter-attack
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
aggressiveness; aggression
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned