seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
this (very thing); this precisely
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
construction industry; construction business
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
rescue worker; emergency rescue team member; ambulance attendant; paramedic
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
final; eventual; ultimate
member of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
beginning; outset; first; onset
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
around the world; throughout the world
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
in the meanwhile; during the time
in succession; one by one
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding