army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
in the midst of the enemy
isolation; being alone; being friendless
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
matter of time; question of time
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
one's own army; one's own team
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to order; to command; to appoint
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
by means of; due to; because of; according to
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
drama; play; powerful drug
posterity; future generations; future life
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality