participation; joining; entry; adherence
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
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 stare in wonder; to be amazed
intelligence or information network
long ago; already; a long time ago
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
selection; choice; option
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
woman; lady; adult female
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to emphasize; to attach importance to
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to be needed; to be wanted
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
home area; home town; local
armed forces; military; troops
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
by all means; at all costs; absolutely