one's (living) environment
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
living by oneself; living alone
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; (lit.) to let a large bug live and kill a small one
isolation; being alone; being friendless
savior; saviour; rescuer; the Savior; the Saviour
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
while; even though; despite
piece; fragment; one (object)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to sniff out; to get wind of
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
infection; contagion; becoming infected
infection through contact
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide