declaration; proclamation; announcement
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
territorial right; dominion
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to aggravate; to make serious
body; group; party; company; troupe
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
land route; overland route; by land; overland
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
in succession; one by one
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to boil water; to get the bath ready
to lay aside; to set aside
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
outbreak of war; starting a war