conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
around the world; throughout the world
armed forces; military; troops
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
firm; strong; solid; stable
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
worst; worst-case (scenario)
pillar of fire; blazing column
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
to concern; to be related
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
actor; actress; player; performer
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
(positive sentence end) I dare say; (negative sentence end) though, honestly
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces