soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
selection; choice; option
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
much less; to say nothing of
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
offensive (movement); aggression
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
fortune; property; life circumstances; finances; one's worth; one's merit
dark (color); concentrated; thick
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
to dazzle; to make dizzy; to bewilder
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
letter; note; epistle; correspondence