fort; stronghold; fortification
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
also known as; also called
fortress; stronghold; citadel
town; city; municipal; urban
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth; union
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
base (military, expedition, etc.); enthusiast; maniac; fanatic
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
endless; boundless; everlasting
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
urban areas; the streets; town; city
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
this world; this life; world of the living
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly