truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
wherein; therein; thereinto
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
interference; intervention; meddling
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
something like ...; something called ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
war; fighting; fierce competition
orphan; person without friends
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)
remnants of a defeated army
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
being discriminated against; suffering discrimination; being a victim of discrimination
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to get someone to say; to make someone say
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
(national) capital (city); metropolis
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
Empire (of Japan); the (Japanese) Empire; Japan
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive