these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
how many years; how long; what year
surely (not); certainly (not)
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
foothold; footing; position; standing; ground
mutation; change; transition
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
military campaign; battle; war
(Russian) maritime provinces
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
being under military occupation
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
lex talionis; the law of talion; an eye for an eye
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
mistress; kept woman; concubine
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
family; relatives; dependents; household
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
winner; victor; conqueror
fragment; one of the group or party
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
revival; restoration; resuscitation
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to stick it out (until the end)