starvation; famine; hunger
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
armaments; military preparations
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
student (esp. a university student)
spare time; free time; leisure time
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to need; to call for; to require
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
long ago; already; a long time ago
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
mountain road; mountain trail
silence (not speaking); muteness
companion; company; tritagonist
guidance; leadership; leading the way
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
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
mountain climbing; mountaineering
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)