chance (of success); odds
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
rare; extraordinary; singular
abundant harvest; bumper crop
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
not worth considering; out of the question
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to breathe out; to exhale
soldier; combatant; warrior