home position; origin; usual place (for something)
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
groundwork; (lit.) laying the foundation
inheritance from a parent (property, trait, physique, etc.)
great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
first world problem; good problem to have
lieutenant general; vice-shogun
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter
military man; warrior; soldier
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
firmly rooted; deep-seated
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to be crabby; to be unsociable; to be snippy; to be irritable
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
sharply; harshly; stingingly
expressing one's mind; speaking out
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
possession; occupation; occupancy
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
area; region; district; locality
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
country; territory; domain; realm
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis