passage; path; route; one's way
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
position; location; base; point; site
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
great war; great battle; world war
military of the Empire of Japan
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
racing (an engine); idling (an engine); going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
three persons; three parties
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
striking; remarkable; considerable
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
switching over to; migration; transition
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of