the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
witnessing; observing; sighting
royal capital; imperial capital
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
testimony; (verbal) evidence
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
first generation; founder
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
reality; actuality; hard fact
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
to forget completely; to leave behind
at that time; in those days
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
control; management (e.g. of a business)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk