moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
resultant force; assistance; help; donation; alms
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
supply line; supply of provisions
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
powerful local clan; local strongman
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to dye; to colour; to color
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
war; fighting; fierce competition
something like ...; something called ...
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
heavy damage; havoc; ravages
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft