reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
savage; barbarian; aboriginal
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
river; stream; River; the ... river
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
quiet; still; surreptitious
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
thousands; several thousand
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
100,000; hundred thousand
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
(social) class; rank; grade
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
history; pedigree; lineage