gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
town; city; municipal; urban
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
important point; strategic position; key point
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
fort; stronghold; fortification
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
reinforcement; strengthening
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
binoculars; field glasses
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
observation; survey; watching
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
materials; data; document
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through