iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
fame (for one's bravery); great renown
strategy meeting; council of war
attendance; participation; presence
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
pretension; assumption (of a title)
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
brave general; brave warrior; courageous general
wicked tongue; abusive language
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
passenger; traveller; traveler; tourist
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
sudden change; complete change
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
in the midst of the enemy
lone (isolated) force; forlorn force
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
unable to escape criticism; worthy of censure
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
(since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis