to furnish with;  to equip with;  to prepare for;  to make preparations for;  to possess (all that is needed);  to be endowed with
 things like;  something like;  someone like;  such a thing as;  (the fact) that;  to think that
 to be opposite;  to face each other;  to confront (an issue);  to face
 the past;  bygone days;  one's past (that one would prefer remained secret);  past (tense);  preterit;  previous life
 valley (with a river running through it);  gorge;  ravine;  canyon
 to name;  to call;  to christen;  to term
 moat;  fosse;  canal;  ditch
 grand;  magnificent;  majestic;  great;  sublime
 to dazzle one's eyes;  to hold one's gaze;  to fascinate;  to captivate
 to frown (on);  to be grim-faced;  to look sullen
 to surround;  to crowd around
 one way or the other;  either way
 iron (Fe);  strong and hard (as iron);  railway;  railway enthusiast
 box;  case;  car (of a train, etc.);  shamisen case;  shamisen;  public building;  community building
 one end;  an end;  part;  fragment
 to descend;  to go down;  to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.);  to pass (of time);  to surrender;  to capitulate;  to be less than
 by the way;  incidentally;  even if;  no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
 to ascend;  to go up;  to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun);  to rise;  to go to (the capital);  to be promoted;  to add up to
 futility;  waste;  uselessness;  pointlessness;  idleness
 one by one;  one each;  one at a time
 destruction;  disruption;  (application) crash
 byway;  bypath;  byroad;  loophole;  excuse
 and the like;  such as;  or something;  something like;  I hear that ...;  people say that...
 road;  path;  route;  way;  distance;  journey;  road (e.g. to victory)
 to put;  to place;  to leave (behind);  to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.);  to set up;  to appoint (someone to a certain position);  to hire
 necessary;  needed;  essential;  necessity;  need;  requirement
 usual;  normal;  everyday;  usually;  normally;  generally
 to fold one's arms;  to link arms with someone
 to puzzle over;  to think deeply about;  to rack one's brains over (wrack)
 same;  similar;  (just) like;  equal
 ingenious idea;  excellent plan;  bright idea
 to think of;  to hit upon;  to come into one's mind;  to remember;  to recall
 whip;  lash;  scourge;  stick;  cane;  rod
 deplorable;  regrettable;  disappointing;  vexing;  unfortunate
 being able to do as one pleases;  doing at will;  pothook
 to suspend between two points;  to build (a bridge, etc.);  to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)