coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
depending on; dependent on
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
tall figure; high stature
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to stare back at; to look back at
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
emperor (of Japan); mikado
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
death (of an emperor); demise
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
great emperor; ... the Great
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
dominion; territory; possession
country; territory; domain; realm
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
fertile; rich; productive
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
environment; circumstance
natural (physical) environment
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
naturally; of course; understandably
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle