along the river; riverside
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
block (of wood); chip; splinter
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to look around; to survey
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
dark reddish-brown; liver color
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
main force; chief object; mainline
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to increase; to add to; to augment
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into