unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
continuation; succession; series; continuous
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to blaze; to burn brightly
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to rip (someone) off; to overcharge; to ask a high price
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
material; substance; matter
agglomeration; clumping together; cohesion (of ions, etc.); flocculation (of colloidal particles); agglutination
the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); the human body; Tao, heaven, earth and king
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
the West; the Occident; Western countries
minimum; at the very least
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
amount of material resources
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
servile submission; subservience
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
to daub; to brush; to touch up