economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
100,000,000; one hundred million
lawless area; lawless district
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
ultimate; ultimate (sport); ultimate frisbee
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
armed forces; military; troops
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
ridiculous; stupid; laughable
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
conquest; domination; mastery
feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
this is why; this means; it is the case that
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
massing (of troops); gathering
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat