characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
mental image; mental picture; image
incarnation; embodiment; realization; giving concrete form (to)
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
loveable; very likeable; like very much
family; members of a family
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
while; during (the time when)
to compete with; to vie for
hostile relations; hostile relationship
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback