first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
admiration; wonder; astonishment
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
access road; access route; entrance ramp (onto a highway); on-ramp; approach path
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
establishment; settlement
one large ...; a great ...
armaments; military preparations
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
something like ...; something called ...
every month; each month; monthly
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
territory; domain; dominion; possession
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
essence; true nature; substance; reality
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent