cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
toe; toe (of a golf club)
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to be helpful; to be useful
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
unknown; obscure; insignificant