ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
agricultural community; farm village; rural
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
nothing but; except; no more than
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
way; method; means; resource; course
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
since; henceforth; ever since
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
how many years; how long; what year
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
victory or defeat; match; contest; game