to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
regarding highly; attaching importance to
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
unexpectedly; surprisingly
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to pause; to have a short intermission
fall of a castle; surrender of a castle; giving up (on something); giving in (to persuasion); yielding
offensive (movement); aggression
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)