(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
correction; revision; amendment
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to live; to reside; to inhabit
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
all for the best; what is right
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
to stray from; to get lost
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
scrap; (small) piece; unimportant (person); petty ...; humble ...
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
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)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
returning tit for tat; retaliating
dragon god; dragon king; naga
serious wound; serious injury
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village
royal capital; imperial capital
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)