close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
curse; spell; malediction
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
large number (of); many; majority
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
skill; dexterity; proficiency
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to keep a watchful eye on
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
military forces; hosts; troops
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
war; fighting; fierce competition
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
position; location; base; point; site
calmly; peacefully; painlessly; comfortably
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
to blame; to find fault with
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
mountain range; mountain belt
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
be (that) as it may; having said that
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
(within a) territory; domains
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing