starvation; famine; hunger
to get thin; to taper off
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
(political) power; authority; influence
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
(how) many times; (how) often
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to come from; to have roots in
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
out of office; out of power; in opposition; unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata
interchange; service interchange
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
house; dwelling; human habitation
shop; small store; business; firm
area of holiday homes; area of villas