foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
main cause; primary factor
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
important point; strategic position; key point
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
defense capability (defence)
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
many armies; many troops; vast army; hosts; host of heaven
country; territory; domain; realm
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
combat power; fighting strength
maintenance; preservation; improvement
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to help each other; to cooperate
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
national character; regional character
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
illegal entry (into a country); illegal immigration
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
preservation; retainment; keeping