plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to appease; to suppress; to calm
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case