to pass (of time); to elapse
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
fortress; stronghold; citadel
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
aggression; invasion; raid
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
rebels; bandit; robber; traitors
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
viceroy; governor-general
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
palace room for government officials; fellow; set (of people); clan
luan (mythical Chinese bird)