to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
these guys; these fellows
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
investigation (to determine the cause of something)
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
(not) even once; (not) ever
district; section; sector
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
cruise; navigation; sailing
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
never ceasing; never ending; endless
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
source of funds; resources; finances
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
military force; military strength
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing