vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
this for sure; certainly is
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
settlement; solution; resolution
neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
superiority; predominance
conquest; domination; mastery
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
to make one's own; to take possession of
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
a help; an aid; some assistance
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
worst; worst-case (scenario)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that