flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
Stars and Stripes (US flag); Star-Spangled Banner (US anthem)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
federation; federal state; United States of America
control; management (e.g. of a business)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
Japanese person; Japanese people
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
port (left side of vessel)
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
handrail; railing; banister
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
(not so) much; (not) very
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve