viceroy; governor-general
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
military forces; hosts; troops
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
in this way; thus; such; uh...
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to begin; to set about; to start
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to pass (of time); to elapse
now; the present time; just now; another; more
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
moment by moment; hour by hour