where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
war; fighting; fierce competition
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
something; some kind of; for some reason
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
witnessing; observing; sighting
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
several sheets (flat objects)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
association; union; guild; labor union; labour union; trade union
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
had better ...; had better not ...
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
preface; introduction; preamble
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless