registration; accession; register; entry; record
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
impossible; unlikely; improbable
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to repeat; to do something over again
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
in name only; titular; nominal
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
one's first campaign; one's first battle
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason