route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
mountain road; mountain trail
stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
adaptation (from); rebaking
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
reaching; attaining; arrival
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
serious; not joking; straight
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
protracted war; war of attrition
military strength; military personnel
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
good (place to leave off); convenient
piece; fragment; one (object)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
only; merely; but; no more than
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
behind; in the rear; in back
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
now that; since; so long as; because
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago