change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
long ago; already; a long time ago
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
one's home country; one's homeland
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
resentment; indignation; anger
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
survival; survivor; relic
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
many; a lot; much; multitude
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)