blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
land near a castle; castle town
sightseeing; scout; patrol; watchtower; lookout
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
to take command; to give direction
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
isolation; being alone; being friendless
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
house across the street; neighbor across the street
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
scale; scope; plan; structure
(present) head of a family
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly