stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
land route; overland route; by land; overland
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to shoot or fire off an arrow
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
precipice; cliff; flat head
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
savage; barbarian; aboriginal
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
successively; one after another
opposite bank; farther shore
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to slide into; to slip into
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
one after another; in rapid succession
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to succeed; to bear fruit
because; for; the reason why is ...
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
late at night; small hours of the morning
unprecedented; never seen before
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny