robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
armed forces; military; troops
more than anything; above all else
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
several hours; a few hours
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
difference; discrepancy; variation
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to mark the end; to spell the end
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
normal operation (of a train service, bus service, etc.); running normally; normal state of affairs; business as usual
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
working feverishly; strenuous efforts; furious dedication (to a task); (arch.) having dishevelled hair; (arch.) fighting with dishevelled hair
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
guess; speculation; supposition
diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust); upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
cracks or fissures in the ground
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)