religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
a great variety of; diversity
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
to govern; to manage; to subdue
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
fortress; stronghold; citadel
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
so; like this; in this way
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
beyond that point; after that
hypothesis; supposition; assumption