adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to gather; to collect; to assemble
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
conviction; belief; confidence
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
it is not (like that) either
locational advantage; advantageous position
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
art of war; strategy; tactics
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
the West; the Occident; Western countries
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
had better ...; had better not ...
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to add (e.g. a postscript)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
detour; circumvention; turning movement
defense; defence; defensive preparations
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)