our country; our land; one's own country
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to name; to call; to christen; to term
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.); uncorrected vision; unaided vision
to gather; to collect; to assemble
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
to establish; to formulate
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
one day; (on) a certain day
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to beat to death; to kill
declaration; proclamation; announcement
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully