to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
still; even now; to this day
serious wound; serious injury
chief; main; principal; important
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
although I say; although one might say; although called
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
in the mountains; among the mountains
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation
government; administration
anarchy; state of anarchy
temporary; provisional; interim
rule; reign; government; governing
on the occasion of; at the time of
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
police; police officer; police station
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
this is why; this means; it is the case that
espresso (coffee); expresso
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)