battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
fully prepared; all ready
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
such; like that; that sort of
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
one by one; one each; one at a time
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
town; city; municipal; urban
having said that; be that as it may
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
(national) capital (city); metropolis
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
comparatively; relatively
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
long-awaited; much-awaited
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
according to plan; as planned