jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
driving contest (golf); longest drive contest
glove (esp. sports); globe
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
deadly serious; deadly earnest
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
(item of) equipment; accessories (bike, auto)
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
our country; our land; one's own country
Western countries; (former) Western Bloc countries
business rival; professional jealousy
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
national border; provincial border
band of robbers; gang of thieves
(find) common (meeting) ground