ancient times; distant past; antiquity
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
question and answer session
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to find out; to discover; to locate
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
imagination; supposition; guess
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity
process; course; mechanism
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
close call; narrow escape
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)