defense capability (defence)
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to play a leading role; to play a central part
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
oak; orc (fictional race common in fantasy literature); ork
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
financial backer; financial supporter
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
to take over; to hand over
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
drinking party; banquet; feast
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
establishment; settlement
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
column of water; water column
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
landing on water; hitting the water; splashdown
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
town; city; municipal; urban
one large ...; a great ...
to become rustic; to be countrified
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
study; learning; tutorial