neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands
kind; sort; species; species
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
meaning; connotation; denotation
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
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.)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
small number; few; minority
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
(religious) faith; belief; creed
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
to invite in; to show someone in
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting