battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
(political) power; authority; influence
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
support; backing; aid; assistance
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
official name; formal name
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
planning; project; plan; design
name; given name; first name
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
candidate (for an election)
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
in spite of; regardless of
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
large number (of); many; majority
pupil; student; schoolchild
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked