excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
discovery; detection; finding
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
equality; impartiality; evenness
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
way (of doing); manner; method; means
open; public; official; overt
the present regime; the existing regime
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
overconcentration (esp. of population, cultural and political institutions, etc. in Tokyo); heavy concentration
order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
town; city; municipal; urban
autonomy; right of self-government
to compete with; to vie for
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
to fight against; to oppose; to face
free city (of Germany); commune (of medieval Europe)
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
a long time ago; in those days