watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
useless; worthless; silly; trivial
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
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)
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction
consideration; taking into account
thereupon; shortly thereafter
chief; main; principal; major
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
river; stream; River; the ... river
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
set of three; three sets; three classes
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
(not) even once; (not) ever
for this very reason; that is exactly why
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
such; this sort of; like this
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
(making) a round of inspection; patrolling
government official; public official
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
society; the world; the times
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
armed forces; military; troops
guard; sentinel; garrison