legendary; fabled; fabulous
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
remarkable; striking; obvious
at first; in the beginning; originally
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
way (of doing); manner; method; means
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
torrent (file); torrenting
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
to join together; to combine; to join up
unconditionally; as a rule