now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to be helpful; to be useful
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
now that; since; so long as; because
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change