highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
national border; provincial border
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
tropical forest; tropical rainforest
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to indicate; to show; to point to
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
sphere; circle; range; category
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
different opinion; objection
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
presence (impressive quality)
dwarf (esp. in folklore or fantasy literature)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
immortal; undying; indestructible
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
region; limits; stage; level
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm