foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
expression; look; countenance; face
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
battlefield; battleground
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
duty; obligation; responsibility
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
parental love; parental affection
treating someone like a child
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
hiding one's embarrassment
small hill; low hill; hillock
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war