to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
just a minute; small quantity
stairs; stairway; staircase
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
small hill; low hill; hillock
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
fortress; stronghold; citadel
town; city; municipal; urban
(political) power; authority; influence
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
(made of) stone; stone-built
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
biological younger brother
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
originally; by nature; from the start
royal capital; imperial capital
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)