helper; assistant; help; assistance
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
cash bonus; reward; bounty
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
while; during; while; although; all; both
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
war; fighting; fierce competition
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
unbearable to look at; too miserable (or awful) to watch; cannot bear to see
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
decision; determination; resolution
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
one day; (on) a certain day
something; some kind of; for some reason