to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
shock absorption; buffer action; cushioning; buffer
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
common people; ordinary people; masses
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
fairyland; never-never land
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
marriage proposal; marriage talks
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to pause; to have a short intermission
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to control; to command; to get the better of
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
right of succession; right to the throne
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
(political) power; authority; influence
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up