to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
war; fighting; fierce competition
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
troubled times; turbulent times
place; position; location; position; standing; status
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
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)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to gather; to collect; to assemble
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
good-looking; fair; beautiful
sex slave; sexual slavery
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
womb; uterus; pork or beef uterus, eaten grilled or raw
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import