unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
country; territory; domain; realm
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
place; position; location; position; standing; status
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
allied nations; the Allies (World War I, World War II); Allied powers
most part; greater part; majority
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord