worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to come and go; to go back and forth
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
in deep black; in jet black
mountain range; mountain belt
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
cities, towns and villages; municipalities
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
ordinance-designated city (administrative division for cities with a population of over 500,000)
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
single track (railway); single line; solid wire; solid-core wire; single-strand wire
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing