origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
most part; greater part; majority
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
import; importation; introduction; afferent
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
various countries; various regions; various provinces
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
suddenly; all of a sudden
economic blockade; embargo
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
war renunciation; anti-war; bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers
arrangement; pact; agreement
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
originally; by nature; from the start
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
national border; provincial border
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to repeat; to do something over again
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to kill; to choke the life out of
cooperation; coordination; link
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
interior; inside; internal
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
by means of; due to; because of; according to
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation