on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
whole nation; whole land; whole country
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to spend time (on doing something)
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
every place; various places
underworld; underside of society
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
government; administration
grasp; catch; understanding
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
dominion; territory; possession
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
while; even though; despite
influence; clout; leverage
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
considerably; fairly; quite
scale; scope; plan; structure
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion