union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
participation; joining; entry; adherence
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
up in a tree; in the trees
Yggdrasil; The World Tree
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
various countries; various regions; various provinces
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to send or direct a person to
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
impossible; unlikely; improbable
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to be helpful; to be useful
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
country; territory; domain; realm
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
marshland; wetland; swampland
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest