copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
world situation; world affairs
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
Japan Coast Guard (formerly Maritime Safety Agency)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
home area; home town; local
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
several minutes; a few minutes
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
copy; reproduction; replica; facsimile
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
living person; the living
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
folk beliefs; folk religion
superstition; superstitious belief
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
from the viewpoint of; according to
bipedal walking; walking on two legs