our country; our land; one's own country
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
future (usually near); prospects
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
eccentric; crank; oddball
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)