union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
minority ethnic group; ethnic minority; minority race
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
accomplishment; execution
commander; commanding officer; CO
to become empty; to be emptied
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
to put on airs; to be pretentious; to window-dress; to pretend
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
amount of drink; one's drinking capacity
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
to become hoarse; to become husky
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
dying of illness; dying of natural causes
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
horizontal striped pattern
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
crack; crevice; split; opening of the vagina; slit
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
groundwater; underground water
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished