national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
capacity; volume; capacitance
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
surroundings; circumference
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
country; territory; domain; realm
long (defensive) wall; Great Wall of China
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
hillock; small hill; knoll; hummock
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
camping; campground; making camp
encampment; position; side; end; goal area
full view; plain sight; completely visible
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
aposematic coloration (colouration)
armed forces; military; troops
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
advance; moving forward; progress
state of mind; mentality; psychology
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
contest of strength; trial of strength
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
happy; cheerful; pleasant
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times