custom; habit; customary practice
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
being under military occupation
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
bush; thicket; shrub; copse
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
earthling; earthman; terrestrial; citizen of Earth
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
to use as an example; to take as an illustration; to draw a parallel
democracy; democratic nation
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
spirituality; spiritual nature
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
fabric (pattern) of human relationships
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
quarrel; dispute; argument
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)