story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
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
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
such ... as; or some such
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
one eye; one of one's eyes
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
transport; transportation
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp