gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
trade; buying and selling
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
the people; citizens; the populace
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
precarious situation; precarious state
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
curtain; hanging; veil (of darkness, mystery, etc.); mantle
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
to step forward; to volunteer
broad; vast; boundless; wide
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
school badge; school emblem; school insignia
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
in this kind of situation
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
(someone's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
car (running) on the opposite lane; oncoming car; oncoming traffic
middle of the night; dead of night; midnight
default legal speed limit (in Japan, 60 km/h for cars on ordinary roads, 100 km/h on highways); national speed limit
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
system; institution; organization; organisation