the other day; a few days ago
breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
our country; our land; one's own country
production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to put an end (to); to bring to an end; to close the books (on); (lit.) to put a period (at the end of a sentence)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
country; territory; domain; realm
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
wherein; therein; thereinto
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
discovery; detection; finding
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing
magic tool (in fiction); magical item
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
agricultural land; farmland
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
reason; grounds; circumstances
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word