millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
scale; scope; plan; structure
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
aggression; invasion; raid
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
fields (of rice and other crops)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
one's possessions; ownership
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
main question; real issue at hand
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
action; operation; effect; function
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding