fort; stronghold; fortification
construction; establishment
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
on the way back; returning
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
interference; meddling; butting in
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
considerably; fairly; quite
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
how; in what way; how about
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
number one; first; best; most; game; round
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
advanced level; high grade; senior
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but