spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup); edible bird's nest
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
(ammunition) cartridge; shell case
personage; person (deserving of respect)
residents of the capital; townsfolk
father of one's country; father of the nation
encroachment; making inroads (into); (slow but steady) invasion
detonator; percussion cap
Cartago (Costa Rica); Carthago
worldly affairs; public affairs
as (one) walks on, and on
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
American soldier; US serviceman; US servicewoman
law; ban; prohibition; ordinance
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
favourite aeroplane, camera or other machine (favorite, airplane)
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
savage; barbarian; aboriginal
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)