to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
like that; that way; thus
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
friction; discord; strife
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
commencing with; including
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
very great; enormous; serious
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
3000; three thousand; many
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
to understand; to make out
starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
colonel (JASDF, JGSDF); captain (JMSDF)
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character