military force; force of arms; strength of an army
position; location; base; point; site
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
regular time; stated period
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
pale; pallid; bluish-white
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
hostile party; enemy side
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
book; volume; this; present; main; head
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
even though; despite; when
direct control; direct supervision
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
ordinary; in the past; usual; regular
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic