foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
war; fighting; fierce competition
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
in comparison to; rather than
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
woman; female; feminine gender
to mistake (A for B); to misread
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
though; notwithstanding; although
gem; jewel; precious stone
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)