outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
long walk; roundabout way
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
great wall (of China); long wall
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
railroad; railway; rail transport
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
horizon (related to land)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
to draw the line; to set a boundary; to make a clear distinction
to be adjacent (with each other); to come into contact (with each other); to touch (each other); to neighbor (neighbour); to border
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
mountain range; Lian Shan (Xia period method of Chinese divination)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
order; sequence; procedure
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance