land route; overland route; by land; overland
air route; air lane; by air; by plane
make good use of; make the most of
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive); as long as one lives
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
to feel gloomy; to have doubts (e.g. about the future); to be at a loss (e.g. over what to do)
to make short work of; to eat up quickly
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
sweet (flavour); sweet (of alcohol); sweet (e.g. melody); pleasant (e.g. atmosphere); suite (of rooms); suite
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
regarding highly; attaching importance to
out of sight; in the background; unnoticed; (lit.) under the veranda
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
to be betrayed by a trusted follower
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
be inextricably involved; be in a sticky situation
having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
slow-witted person; dimwit; halfwit; faded, dull-colored eggplant
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
to throw into; to dump in together
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
civilian control (of the military)