to collect; to assemble; to gather
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
complete change; about-face
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
people; citizens; subjects; folk
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
Airén (wine grape variety)
dominion; territory; possession
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
aggression; invasion; raid
armed might; military power; the sword; force
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate