isolation; being alone; being friendless
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
inevitable; unavoidable; certain; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
organizational capability; organisational capability
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity
counter for generations; epoch
many; numerous; various; large number of
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to become rampant; to be rife
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
incarnation (of a god, spirit or abstract quality); embodiment; avatar; incarnation; monster role; kumadori worn for a monster role
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
to fight against; to oppose; to face
three days and three nights
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
after the end (of something)
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
stopping functioning; being out of service
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
direction of travel; direction of movement
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage