first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
advance; moving forward; progress
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
prone (to); liable (to); apt (to); tending (to)
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
nonessential and nonurgent; unnecessary
retrenchment; curtailment
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
smuggling; contraband trade
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)