to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
way; course; the only way
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
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
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to claim victims; to leave casualties
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
place; situation; position; location
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
war; fighting; fierce competition
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back