the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
chief; main; principal; major
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to fulfill one's responsibilities
major incident; major happening; big scandal
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to carry; to bring (to a place)
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
phantom; vision; illusion
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
strike (i.e. industrial action)
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
near; close; beside; third person
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated