combination; union; incorporation; congruence
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
railroad; railway; rail transport
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
going through; going via; going by way of
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
very likely; very probable
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
100,000; hundred thousand
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to be forward; to be impertinent
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
first place; head position; leading position
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp