to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
one's home country; one's homeland
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
savage (barbaric) land; backward region; undeveloped area
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
extensive knowledge; erudition
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
template; run of the mill; formulaic
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
few decades; many decades; several decades
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
messenger; envoy; emissary
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
rule; reign; government; governing
plow (esp. horse or ox-drawn); plough
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
motherland; fatherland; native country
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of