soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
by myself; in person; by oneself
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)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
live coverage; on-the-spot telecast
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
murder; killing; murderer
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first