anchorage; anchoring; mooring
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
landing ship; amphibious warfare ship
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
raigan (Omphalia lapidescens); parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
front; frontage; facade; main
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
organs of the state; machinery of the state
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
U.S. forces; American military
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
secrecy; highly classified information
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
party; set; gang; company; person
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
aggression; invasion; raid
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
optimism; taking an optimistic view
fresh, young ears of rice
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other