contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
one's own army; one's own team
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to be out of; to have no more at hand
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
to spread; to be propagated
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
power map; power structure; power relationships
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to lay the foundation (for)
ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
other; another; over; more than; I; me
to take command; to give direction
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
outcome (of a course of events); consequence; tendency; trend; drift
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
a cut above; one step above
ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance); garden rock; sacrificed stone (in go); sacrifice (e.g. career, reputation); stones used in a foundation; riprap
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
(necessary) personnel; required person