monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
beforehand; in advance; previously
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
eighth day of the month; eight days
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
massing (of troops); gathering
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Nagano (city, prefecture)
Niigata (city, prefecture)
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
war situation; progress of a battle
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
sphere; circle; range; category
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass