battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
maintenance; preservation; improvement
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
defense; defence; protection
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to throw oneself (into an activity)
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to be helpful; to be useful
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
there is nothing; having nothing
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
don't you think?; indicates question
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
to squeeze out; to wring out
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to torture to death; to toy with (someone) until dead; to inflict a slow and painful death