method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
service in the first reserve
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
fields (of rice and other crops)
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
mobilization; mobilisation
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
while; even though; despite
preference; priority; precedence
form; shape; figure; visage
military campaign; battle; war
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
colonization; colonisation
settlement; permanent residency
middle of a field; middle of a country; field of contest
fleeing in all directions; (in Japanese history, a reference to) farmers who abandoned their fields and fled to the cities or other districts to evade onerous taxes
fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated
twice; again; second time
agricultural land; farmland
action of making something; -ification
chief; main; principal; major
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
(navigable) canal; waterway
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development