fort; stronghold; fortification
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
innumerable; countless; numberless
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
combat power; fighting strength
by means of; due to; because of; according to
several hundred; hundreds (of)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
imagination; supposition; guess
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to help each other; to cooperate
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
national character; regional character
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
illegal entry (into a country); illegal immigration
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
beyond that point; after that
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to lose sight of; to miss
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
flight; desertion; escape
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
discovery; detection; finding
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)