stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
historic; historical; traditional
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
position; location; base; point; site
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.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
battlefield; battleground
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
river; stream; River; the ... river
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
maximum temperature; highest temperature; (today's) high
Japan's best; number one in Japan
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
roofed mud wall around a villa or temple
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
presence (impressive quality)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)