to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to take command; to give direction
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you
nature; property; disposition
tradition; legend; folklore
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
mala (spicy and numbing flavor)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time