taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
still; even now; to this day
influence; clout; leverage
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to harm; to cause harm to
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
threat; intimidation; menace
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
aggression; invasion; raid
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
height (of body); stature
ten; 10; ten years of age
metre; meter; meter; gauge
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
bluehead (Thalassoma bifasciatum); bluehead wrasse
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
in succession; one by one
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
class-A; A class; A grade
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal