preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to show up; to appear; to turn up
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
calm; composed; leisurely
remaining heat; waste heat
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
stridor; wheezing; noisy breathing
to learn something through hearing
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above