southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to project; to stick out; to stand out
rapid-fire gun or cannon; talking rapidly; barrage of words or questions
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
fort; stronghold; fortification
defense; defence; protection
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
research and development; R&D
human resources development; personnel development; career development; HRD
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)