effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
originally; by nature; from the start
hostility; antagonism; opposition
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
tension; mental strain; nervousness
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
national border; provincial border
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression
smuggling; contraband trade
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky