to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
adult site; adult website; pornographic website
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
digger; excavator; power shovel
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
area of influence; zone of influence; extent of impact
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
metro; subway; underground railway
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
with a momentary flash of light
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
to have the memory of having done something oneself
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
somehow; for some reason or other