neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
wherein; therein; thereinto
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever
certainly; surely; definitely
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
one by one; one after another; successively
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
that is to say; so that means
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
in succession; one by one
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
like this; this sort; this way
discretion; discretionary power
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
billow; surge; large wave
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
isolation; being alone; being friendless
extermination; annihilation
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation