state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
long time; long interval; for quite some time
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
here and there; everywhere
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
scale; scope; plan; structure
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
8000; eight thousand; many
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
3000; three thousand; many
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)