transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
antique-looking; looking hoary with patina
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
history; pedigree; lineage
origin; beginning; source; rise
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
fort; stronghold; fortification
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to be sooty; to be stained
foundation stone; cornerstone
feudal era; feudal times; feudal period; feudal age; age of feudalism
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...