immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
either way; in any case; one way or another
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
store; reserve; stock; savings
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
(plain) hot water; boiled water
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to taste; to try (food or drink)
genuine; authentic; true; real
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
school; school building; schoolhouse
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.