plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
rule; reign; government; governing
regarding highly; attaching importance to
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
chief; main; principal; major
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
slight; insignificant; small
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
massing (of troops); gathering
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
river; stream; River; the ... river